An exclusive extract from Simon Scarrow’s new Roman adventure
We are very excited to be able to bring Bookgeeks readers the first chapter of Simon Scarrow’s forthcoming Macro and Cato adventure, The Legion. Published on the 11th of November, The Legion is the tenth of Scarrow’s Roman novels:
Trouble is brewing in Egypt. Rebel gladiator Ajax and his men have been posing as Roman soldiers and attacking naval bases, merchant vessels and villages. Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro have been charged with the task of tracking down the renegade warrior before the problem gets out of control. Joining forces with Legion III, they hope to destroy their enemy on the battlefield. But the cunning gladiator has other ideas…
We hope you enjoy the extract – we will have a review of the book soon, and a Q&A with Simon too.
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