Buchdetails
Format
Hörbuch
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Apr 27, 2023
Verlag
W. F. Howes Ltd
Beschreibung
The thrilling new historical adventure in the Warrior of Rome series from Sunday Times bestseller Harry Sidebottom.
AD 265, Gaul—The Roman Empire is on the brink.
Emperor Gallienus has amassed a huge army across the Alps to seize back the mountains from the usurper Posthumus.
War has come.
Ballista and his cavalry are on the frontline, battling in the most brutal of conditions. But if he is to survive the campaign and finally retire to his beloved Sicily, it's not just the battlefield he needs to navigate.
As he and Praetorian Prefect Volusianus lay siege to Posthumus' armies, it becomes clear the greatest threat to Ballista's life might just come from within his ranks. After all, Volusianus has shown he will go to any distance for his own ends. Is Ballista just another pawn in his game?
'What Bernard Cornwell is to the Napoleonic Wars, Harry Sidebottom is to Roman unassailable'—THE TIMES
AD 265, Gaul—The Roman Empire is on the brink.
Emperor Gallienus has amassed a huge army across the Alps to seize back the mountains from the usurper Posthumus.
War has come.
Ballista and his cavalry are on the frontline, battling in the most brutal of conditions. But if he is to survive the campaign and finally retire to his beloved Sicily, it's not just the battlefield he needs to navigate.
As he and Praetorian Prefect Volusianus lay siege to Posthumus' armies, it becomes clear the greatest threat to Ballista's life might just come from within his ranks. After all, Volusianus has shown he will go to any distance for his own ends. Is Ballista just another pawn in his game?
'What Bernard Cornwell is to the Napoleonic Wars, Harry Sidebottom is to Roman unassailable'—THE TIMES
Genres
Thriller & Spannung
Action & Abenteuer
Geschichte