A review by greendragonauthor
Praetorian by Richard Foreman

4.0

I greatly enjoyed the details of Roman life in this tale, and the characters were interesting. The author has definitely done some good research on the period, and it showed. Even though the beginning felt like it jumped around a little, it had a decent pace through the rest of the book. The dialogue struck me as somewhat stilted, but it’s difficult to portray what would be a different language, in a different culture, into modern English, and I understand that difficulty. I enjoyed the appearance of historical characters in the tale, such as Galen or Marcus Aurelius. I did feel somewhat jarred by the phrase, ‘What would Maximus do?’, as it reminded me of Jesus bumper stickers, but it worked in the context. The sprinkling of philosophy throughout the book was both appropriate and interesting.