War at the edge of the world
By: Ian Ross
Edition: Paperback edition.
Series: Twilight of empire -- I
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9781784081140; 9781468311211; 9781784081133
Subjects: Romans; Soldiers; Fiction; History
Description: The first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of the Roman Empire, during the reign of the Emperor Constantine. Centurion Aurelius Castus - once a soldier in the elite legions of the Danube - believes his glory days are over, as he finds himself in the cold, grey wastes of northern Britain, battling to protect an empire in decline. When the king of the Picts dies in mysterious circumstances, Castus is selected to guard the Roman envoy sent to negotiate with the barbarians beyond Hadrian's Wall. Here he will face the supreme challenge of command, in a mission riven with bloodshed and treachery, that tests his honour to the limit. As he struggles to avert disaster and keep his promise to a woman he has sworn to protect, Castus discovers that nothing about this doomed enterprise was ever what it seemed.
Notes: Originally published: 2014.