the Eagle and Serpent: A conscripted soldier is thrown into battle...

A new bloodthirsty adventure series set in Ancient Rome! For fans of Ben Kane, Conn Iggulden, Griff Hosker and Simon Scarrow. Can a reluctant soldier survive the horrors of war...? Illyricum, AD 7 Roman citizen Lucius Virius Sura has been conscripted into the legions to help quell the Illyrian Revolt. He is forced to abandon a wife he loves for an emperor he has only seen on a coin. Emperor Augustus orders his great-nephew, Germanicus, to join the fight, and Sura finds himself thrown in with his Legion of the Condemned, a rabble of conscripts, criminals, and freedmen. Sura struggles in his violent new world and faces a terrible choice: desert the Condemned, or throw himself into the cauldron of war. He wades into the conflagration with no experience and little training, and must learn to be quick or die. When the Condemned go on the hunt for the Mazaei, a vicious tribe of rebels, Sura is put to the ultimate test. Will he stay true to his oath to the emperor? Can he prove himself in battle? Or will the ghastly bloodletting prove too much...? THE EAGLE AND THE SERPENT is the first book in The Legionary of Rome Military Thrillers series: action-packed, authentic historical adventures set in Ancient Rome. THE LEGIONARY OF ROME MILITARY THRILLERS SERIES: BOOK ONE: The Eagle and the Serpent BOOK TWO: The Stone and the Flame