The last of the Roman army have set sail & left Britain for ever abandoning it to civil war & the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila deserts his regiment to return to his family but his home & all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship & fighting follow & in the end there is only one thing left in Aquilas life
- his thirst for revenge... Rosemary Sutcliffs books about Roman Britain have won much acclaim & the first in the trilogy The Eagle of the Ninth" has now sold over a million copies worldwide. The author writes with such passion & with such attention to detail that the Roman age is instantly brought to life & stays with the reader long after the last page has been turned."