The first three stories in Anthony Riches’ bestselling EMPIRE series, now available in one page-turning collection
Including Wounds of Honour, Arrows of Fury and Fortress of Spears.
Wounds of Honour
Marcus Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life – condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian’s Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps down from north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove he’s tough enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal war.
Arrows of Fury
The new Roman governor of Britannia must stamp out the northern rebellion or risk losing the province. For Marcus – Centurion Corvus of the 1st Tungrians – the campaign has become doubly dangerous. As reinforcements flood into Britannia he is surrounded by new officers with no reason to protect him. Death could result from a careless word as easily as from an enemy spear. Worse, one of them is close on his heels. The prefect of the 2nd Tungrians has discovered his secret. Only a miracle can save Marcus from disgrace and death . . .
Fortress of Spears
Marcus Aquila – burning for revenge on an enemy that has killed one of his best friends – rides north with the Petriana cavalry. He believes his disguise as Centurion Corvus of the 2nd Tungrians is still holding. But he is just a few days ahead of two of the emperor’s agents, sent from Rome to kill him. Pitiless assassins who know his real name, and too much about his friends.
Including Wounds of Honour, Arrows of Fury and Fortress of Spears.
Wounds of Honour
Marcus Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life – condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian’s Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps down from north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove he’s tough enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal war.
Arrows of Fury
The new Roman governor of Britannia must stamp out the northern rebellion or risk losing the province. For Marcus – Centurion Corvus of the 1st Tungrians – the campaign has become doubly dangerous. As reinforcements flood into Britannia he is surrounded by new officers with no reason to protect him. Death could result from a careless word as easily as from an enemy spear. Worse, one of them is close on his heels. The prefect of the 2nd Tungrians has discovered his secret. Only a miracle can save Marcus from disgrace and death . . .
Fortress of Spears
Marcus Aquila – burning for revenge on an enemy that has killed one of his best friends – rides north with the Petriana cavalry. He believes his disguise as Centurion Corvus of the 2nd Tungrians is still holding. But he is just a few days ahead of two of the emperor’s agents, sent from Rome to kill him. Pitiless assassins who know his real name, and too much about his friends.
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Reviews
This is fast-paced and gripping "read-through-the-night" fiction, with marvellous characters and occasional moments of dark humour. Some authors are better historians than they are storytellers. Anthony Riches is brilliant at both.
A damn fine read . . . fast-paced, action-packed.
Stands head and shoulders above a crowded field . . . . real, live characters act out their battles on the northern borders with an accuracy of detail and depth of raw emotion that is a rare combination.