The Iron Hand of Mars

AD 71: Germania Libera: dark dripping forests, inhabited by bloodthirsty barbarians and legendary wild beasts, a furious prophetess who terrorises Rome, and the ghostly spirits of slaughtered Roman legionaries. Enter Marcus Didius Falco, an Impreisal agent on a special mission: to find the absconding commander of a legion whose loyalty is suspect. Easier said than done, thinks Marcus, as he makes his uneasy way down the Rhenus, trying to forget that back in sunny Rome his girlfriend Helena Justina is being hotly pursued by Titus Caesar. His mood is not improved when he discovers his only allies are a woefully inadequate bunch of recruits, their embittered centurion, a rogue dog, and its innocent young master; just the right kind of support for an agent unwillingly trying to tame the Celtic hordes.

ISBN 0099515083   Pages 352 ISBN13 9780099515081 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 248 Publisher Cornerstone   Published in London Imprint Arrow Books Ltd   Previous ISBN 9780099200918 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 198 Publication date 07 Feb 2008   Width (mm) 132 DEWEY 823.914   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

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