PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED UNDER THE TITLE BLOOD FOREST

''A BLOODY PAGE-TURNER'' Mail on Sunday

For fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow, Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden, a spectacular debut where honour and duty, legions and tribes clash in bloody, heart-breaking glory . . .

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AD 9. Fifteen thousand battle-hardened Roman legionaries strike deep into dense forest. Awaiting them are deadly, hostile Germanic tribes. In a clearing they find twelve massacred and strung-up legionaries.

Is this a threat, or a warning?

There is just one bloodied, broken survivor. He has no idea who he is. Only that he is a soldier.

And now he must fight. As the legions are mercilessly cut down, the nameless soldier joins a small band of survivors trapped in the forest. If they fight together they have a slim chance of staying alive.

But whose side is the soldier on? And is it the right one?

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''Blood and guts, but also a clever exploration of the moral ambiguity of war and loyalty to a flag'' Mail on Sunday

''Gives Rome's legionaries a contemporary voice - brutal, audacious and fast paced'' Anthony Riches, author of the Empire series

''Historical fiction written by a real war veteran who knows all there is to know about blood and bonding in battle. An earthy and powerful read'' Sport