The Eagle's Prophecy
The Eagle's Prophecy
ISBN: 9780312324544
作者: Simon Scarrow
出版社: Thomas Dunne Books
出版年: 2006-11-28
页数: 320
定价: USD 24.95
装帧: Hardcover
内容简介
The arresting sixth novel in Simon Scarrow’s epic series of the Roman army
It is spring ad 45 in Rome, and Centurions Macro and Cato, dismissed from the Second Legion in Britain, are waiting for an investigation into their involvement in the death of a fellow officer. It is then that the imperial secretary, the devious Narcissus, makes them an offer they can’t refuse: to rescue an imperial agent who has been captured by pirates operating off the Illyrian coast. With him were scrolls vital to the safety of the emperor and the future of Rome.
But Narcissus also sends Vitellius, an old enemy of the two centurions. The three officers set out from Ravenna with the imperial fleet but the pirates are forewarned and the Romans pay a heavy price. Outnumbered by the enemy, surrounded by rumors of treachery, and endangered by Vitellius’s desire to redeem himself, Centurions Macro and Cato must find the pirate base to avert a disaster that could destroy the emperor and the very core of Rome. “[A] rip-roaring, thoroughly entertaining tale of swashbucklingadventure from one of the most exciting writers of historical fiction.”--- Scottish Daily Record