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Fascinating to read more about the invasion of Britain by the Romans. Cato and Macro have an amazing combination of intelligence, bravery and luck to get through this one!

eososray's review

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4.0

I think with book number four Scarrow has improved his storytelling enough to give a 4 star.
I have always liked Macro and Cato. They are a great team and their adventures in Britain are great fun with some wonderful history as their setting.

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5.0

Once again, Scarrow delivers. Like the others, this book is well written with a tight plot. He never loses sight of where he’s headed or what he wants to do with the book. It is easy for historical fiction to get lost in the time and place they are conveying. This gives both the flavor of early Roman / late Celtic Britain, but never forgets it’s telling a great action packed story with characters you end up adoring.

This is Scarrow’s fourth entry in this series and he manages somehow to avoid being repetitive while still using the same characters - and that’s a trick not easily accomplished this far into a series. This one adds high political intrigue, grand military strategy from a very complex war often forgotten about in the history books, Cato’s first independent command, a closer look at the inhabitants of Britannia and their multifaceted relation to the invading Romans, great fights scenes (Scarrow’s prose excels at these scenes), and the usual heart warming and funny relation between Cato and Macro.

It is easy to be sad that I was born so late in history (and in this real world). I’d so love to have a beer with Cato and Macro sometime. lol

Obviously, I’ll be reading on...