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Ballista, in a strange land, among strange people, is about to discover that the greatest threat sometimes lies among one's own . . .

About the Author

Dr Harry Sidebottom is a Fellow of St Benet's Hall and lecturer at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical art. All six of his Warrior of Rome novels are available from Penguin in paperback and ebook.

Reviews

Wonderful fight scenes, deft literary touches . . . This is a storming triumph * Evening Standard *
Blazes with searing scholarship * The Times *