Fresh from their victory in Germania Marcus Aquila & the Tungrians have been sent to Dacia on the north-eastern edge of the Roman Empire with the mission to safeguard a major source of imperial power. The mines of Alburnus Major contain enough gold to pave the road to Rome. They would make a mighty prize for the marauding Sarmatae tribesmen who threaten the province & the outnumbered auxiliaries are entrusted with their safety in the face of a barbarian invasion. Beset by both the Sarmatian horde & more subtle threats offered by men who should be their comrades the Tungrians must also come to terms with the danger posed by a new & unexpected enemy. They will have to fight to the death to save the honour of the empire
- & their own skins. Some authors are better historians than they are storytellers. Anthony Riches is brilliant at both. Conn Iggulden