Warrior of Rome: The Wolves of the North" by Harry Sidebottom marks the start of a new trilogy within the " Warrior of Rome" series. AD263
- barbarian invasions & violent uprisings threaten to tear apart the Imperium of Rome. In the north the tribes are increasingly bold in their raids on the Imperium
- their savagery unlike anything Rome has known before. Ballista must undertake his most treacherous journey yet
- a covert attempt to turn the barbarians of the steppe against each other. He must face the Heruli
- the most bizarre & brutal of all the nomad tribes
- the Eaters of Flesh the Wolves of the North. As Ballista & his retinue make their journey someone
- or something
- is hunting them picking them off one by one & leaving a trail of terror & mutilated corpses. Ballista is in a strange land among strange people but is it possible that the greatest threat may come from within his own familia? Dr Harry Sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare
- he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action & knuckle-whitening drama. Fans of Bernard Cornwell will love Sidebottoms recreation of the ancient world. Praise for Harry Sidebottom: " Sidebottoms prose blazes with searing scholarship". (" The Times"). " The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction". (Andrew Taylor author of " The American Boy"). Dr. Harry Sidebottom is Fellow of St Benets Hall & Lecturer at Lincoln College Oxford
- where he specializes in ancient warfare & classical art."