from Traveller1

Amusing the range of opinions about this book! Myself, I am in the "it is good" category. A rollicking, fun historical romp. I would re-read this at a later date, not something I do for every book. Scarrow's approach to historical fiction is not my preferred, I like to read about history from the...

from nicky_too

After reading the first and second books in the Eagle series I basically know what to expect. Simon Scarrow does not disappoint. One can argue that it's more of the same, and it is. The question is: does that bother you? If you don't like that kind of thing, this series is not for you. However, t...

from MrsRK

This is the 3rd book in the series and my favorite so far. Macro is the rough, manly man, Roman soldier. Cato looks more like a modern day metrosexual and his moods sometimes turn me off, but Mr. Scarrow compensates it with good writing. Here is something that surprised me enormously (and that th...

from neurodrew

The third in the series of books about Macro and Cato, Roman legionaries. The invasion of Britain is still in doubt, and the wife and children of the general Plautius have been captured. Macro and Cato are detached to find them and eventually with the aid of the legion, rescue them from a vast hi...