Death to the Emperor: The thrilling new Eagles of the Empire novel - Macro and Cato return!

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Please get rid of her as Cato deserves a nice lady to settle down with and this relationship just does not work. Cato leads the assault on the druid stronghold, while Macro finds himself in the disastrous treatment of Queen Boudica and the subsequent beginnings of the rebellion which would sweep across Roman Britain. With thanks to Sophie Ransom, the publisher and the author for the advanced reading copy of this book. Death to the Emperor is a captivating book full of heroism and sacrifice that brings Boudica and the Iceni vividly to life.

This book is one of 21 and when you come to the final page you will want the next episode which is now 22.

Although, part of a series, this is the first that I have read and it worked well as a standalone novel. And when you get to the end, you know there will be at least one more because there are too many loose ends. The historical aspect is fascinating and brought to life vividly by Scarrow with intriguing characters and bloody clashes.

Macro and Cato are now in Britannia, with Cato living in hiding and Macro having retired from the legions to live in the Roman city of Camulodunum. Suetonius dismisses concerns that the poorly fortified colony will be vulnerable to attack when only a skeleton force remains. Great read, and very tense throughout because I knew what was coming, including the fate of Camulodunum.This latest adventure is set in Britannia in AD60 with Centurion Macro now retired from the legions and living in comfortable retirement in Camuldonunum - or Colchester to you and me. Both Cato and Macro find themselves under the command of men whose actions they doubt or whose motives they distrust. Although this is my first introduction to Centurion Macro and Prefect Cato, I loved their partnership borne of mutual respect and a soldierly comradeship forged in the heat of battle.

HNS Awards have helped discover and launch the author careers of Michel Faber, Ruth Downie, Hilary Green, Martin Sutton, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, Nikki Marmery, Margaret Skea, Warwick Cairns, Katherine Mezzacappa and Elizabeth Macneal. This is really part 1 of a 2 part telling of the Boudicca Uprising, largely using a 2 perspective narrative with Cato on Anglesey/Mona and the suppression of the Druids and Ordovicians by Suetonius, while Macro is largely in Camulodonum with the other veterans, reaping the whirlwind of Roman officials' "mishandling" of Boudicca and the Iceni. The lead-up to the revolt is described well, and the veniality of imperial officials and the emperor is laid out as if the precarious fate of the expensive province of Britain—"Should I stay or should I go? We've now also reached a pivotal moment in Roman Britain history, with the Boudicean revolt just about to kick off (as it does here) and as the Romans finally capture and raze the Druid stronghold of Mona.I have to admit that this is the first book I read in this series and I thoroughly enjoyed it as Cato, Macro, Petronilla and the characters are fleshed out and relatable even if they’re act and think like you expect someone did 2 thousand years ago. While Macro deals with rising local tensions, Cato is pulled into the campaign to wipe the remaining resistance out on Mona (Anglesea). Without getting into spoiler territory, this revolves around the British legend Queen Boudica of the Iceni and her revolt against the Romans. As ever it is a page-turner, especially towards the end, and I can't wait to read the next instalment. I suspect the only way to get ahead of him is to pay an Author to give me the first draft of any Roman novel.

As you might expect, the book is full of authentic detail about weaponry, military strategy, social and religious customs and much, much more. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. I wasn't a fan of Simon Scarrow's writings before, though several years ago, I did read the third book of his Eagles of the Empire series, 'Where The Eagle Hunts', where his protagonists Cato and Macro are assisted in their mission by a young Boudica. The story doesn’t let up all the way through as something is always happening leaving you feeling the urgency of the situation.Sadly, this book doesn't really stand alone, so reading some of the earlier volumes in the series would be helpful. Surprised myself with how upset I was about Apollonius at the end, and don't even get me started on Parvus and Cassius, heartbroken. What is to follow as a whole is a fantastic and action-packed Roman adventure, in which Boudica's revolt with the annihilation of Camulodunum as just the beginning of a much greater rebellion that will probably continue in the next volume towards its inevitable end and the destruction of the druid stronghold Mona will be the main focuses, but during these bloody actions in Camulodunum Macro will lose some very dear family members, from the likes of the mute boy Parvus and the dog Cassius towards fellow soldiers and in particular the spy/assassin Apollonius, and all this due to an act of madness by the Roman procurator, Decianus. But the Roman taxpayers are demanding more and more from the local Iceni tribes and new Queen Boudica is unable to pay. So therefore, I really wanted to know throughout this book: does Macro survive this since he became the senior magistrate?