A review by naschiller
The Iron Hand of Mars by Lindsey Davis

3.5

In this installment, the fourth in the series, Falco travels again on assignment for the Emperor Vespasian to the furthest reaches of the Roman Empire. This time it’s to Germany, where he is to find and report back on the fate of a high-ranking Roman official taken captive during a bloody uprising and given as a prize to a Germanic priestess-prophetess. I love this series but there is way too much going on in this book. Marcus Didius Falco himself sums it up towards the end of the book when he says, “One crisis too many!” And still the book hasn’t come to an end!