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The fourth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Roman series. It's 44 AD,
and?Vespasian and the Second Legion are forging ahead in their campaign to
seize the south-west of Britain. Macro and newly appointed centurion Cato are
ordered to provide Verica,?ruler of the Atrebatans, with an army. They must
train his tribal levies into a force that can protect him and take on the
increasingly ambitious raids that the enemy is launching. But despite the
Atrebatans' official allegiance to Rome, open revolt is brewing, for many want
to resist the Roman invaders. Macro and Cato must?win the loyalty of the
disgruntled levies - but can they succeed whilst surviving a deadly plot to
destroy both them? Macro and Cato face the greatest test of their army careers
as only they stand between the destiny of Rome and bloody defeat... Read more