Fortress of Spears: Empire III


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In the enthralling third volume of Empire, Anthony Riches takes the legions deep into north Britannia, where the survivors of the rebellion still. 'A master of the genre' The Times The Romans have vanquished the rebel alliance; Calgus, Lord of the Northern Tribes, is the prisoner of the chieftains he once.

Join us by creating an account and start getting the best experience from our website! In the enthralling third volume of Empire , Anthony Riches takes the legions deep into north Britannia, where the survivors of the rebellion still hope for revenge. The Romans have vanquished the rebel alliance, leaving Calgus, Lord of the Northern Tribes, the prisoner of the chieftains he once led. But the new Roman leader will not let them rest. He forms an audacious plan to capture Dinpaladyr, the Selgovaes' fortress of spears, and return it to the hands of a trusted ally.

Marcus Aquila - burning for revenge on an enemy army that has killed one of his best friends - is part of the select group of infantry chosen to go north with the Petriana cavalry and take the fort before the rebel army can reach it. He believes his disguise as Centurion Corvus of the 2nd Tungrians is still holding.

But he is just a few days ahead of two of the emperor's agents, sent from Rome to kill him. Pitiless assassins who know his real name, and too much about his friends. This led to a degree in Military Studies at Manchester University. He began writing the story that would become Wounds of Honour after a visit to Housesteads in He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and three children. With his compelling Centurions trilogy complete, Anthony Riches returns to his bestselling Empire sequence of novels with his storytelling skills polished to perfection.

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Set in the second century AD, Empire X continues the story of Marcus Aquila's fight for justice for a family ripped asunder by imperial assassins. Still seeking revenge, Marcus finds himself thrown back into the heart of the chaos that is shaking the Roman Empire to its roots. Fresh from their close escape from imperial betrayal in the German forest, Marcus and the Tungrians are ordered to Gaul, where an outlaw called Maturnus is wreaking havoc. Havoc that may be more than mere banditry, as deserters and freed slaves flock to his cause: And if escape from Rome's memories is a relief for the young centurion, he soon discovers that danger has followed him west to Gaul.

The expedition is led by Praetorians whom he has every cause to hate. And to fear, if they should discover who he really is. Gradually Lacroix recovers his health, but not his peace of mind. He will not - cannot - talk about the war or face the memory of what took place on the retreat to Corunna. After the command comes to return to his regiment, he lights out instead for the Hebrides, unaware that he has far worse to fear than being dragged back to the army: In luminous prose, Miller portrays a man shattered by what he has witnessed, on a journey that leads to unexpected friendships, even to love.

But as the short northern summer reaches its zenith, the shadow of the enemy is creeping closer. Freedom, for John Lacroix, will come at a high price. Taut with suspense, this is an enthralling, deeply involving novel by one of Britain's most acclaimed writers. A must read' Kate WilliamsIt is the dawn of a new world.

At the glittering court of the Medici in Florence, Lorenzo the Magnificent, ruler of the republic and head of the mysterious Academy, is engaged in a dangerous game of power with the Vatican. Europe stands upon the brink of war, at the edge of a discovery that will change everything. Jack Wynter is clinging to the wreckage of the life he dreamed of living, his father's execution by Richard III destroying his hope of overcoming his status as an illegitimate son. The map entrusted to him by his father is gone, stolen by his hated half-brother, Harry Vaughan.

Escaping from captivity, Orm washes up in Ireland, where he marvels at those epicene creatures, the Christian monks, and from which he then moves on to play an ever more important part in the intrigues of the various Scandinavian kings and clans and dependencies. It began with the betrayal of a lord by a king King Gorm puts Jarl Harald's family to the sword but makes one fatal mistake - he fails to kill Harald's youngest son, Sigurd. His kin slain, his village seized and its people taken as slaves, Sigurd wonders if the gods have forsaken him.

Hunted by powerful men, he is unsure who to trust, and yet he has a small band of loyal followers at his side. In the enthralling third volume of Empire, Anthony Riches takes the legions deep into north Britannia, where the survivors of the rebellion still hope for revenge. The Romans have vanquished the rebel alliance, leaving Calgus, Lord of the Northern Tribes, the prisoner of the chieftains he once led.

But the new Roman leader will not let them rest. He forms an audacious plan to capture Dinpaladyr, the Selgovaes' fortress of spears, and return it to the hands of a trusted ally. Marcus Aquila - burning for revenge on an enemy army that has killed one of his best friends - is part of the select group of infantry chosen to go north with the Petriana cavalry and take the fort before the rebel army can reach it. He believes his disguise as Centurion Corvus of the 2nd Tungrians is still holding. But he is just a few days ahead of two of the emperor's agents, sent from Rome to kill him.

Fortress of Spears: Empire III

Pitiless assassins who know his real name, and too much about his friends. Blood and guts a little overplayed for my liking ,but a very good story. I can't wait to read the next one. I have loved this book,the series just gets better and better. I ama 71 year old lady who quilts while listening ,and when the fights are on i go faster and faster. It is a Great Story and am looking forward to reading the rest of them. Awesome book just the narration that is annoying , the accents for the characters are not consistent, Scottish sounding barbarians?

And all accents are different than the former books , other than that it's a pukka book. I'm running out of things to say about this series of books, characters like friends I care about, gut wrenching battles, gaudy humour of the barracks, even romance a rare commodity from this genre of writers.

Great story and believable characterisation from Saul Reichlin. Very enjoyable story and narration to which I look forward to the next instalment.

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Where does Fortress of Spears: What did you like best about this story? I would say the way deceit worked in the roman times. I don't enjoy reading but love listening. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? Yes when the Romans took over the ort rest of spears.

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I am continuing with the series, for the one fault, that our protagonist is a super-hero, with comic book like powers continues to be predominant, the background history and the plot adds colour to a part of history I have not investigated fully and give the nod to Riches for it appears that he has done so. At least enough to craft a good man's adventure story against that backdrop.

Once again the cohort is called on to do duty, and they march forth gathering to them additional misfits that swell our hero's retinue. He soon will have more friends to guard his back then the emperor and the Pretorian Prefect who wishes him dead. Once again that subplot appears, and I fear it will appear continuously.

Even when in makes little sense at all. Here, the enemies are so far removed, and already hunting this one man has been so costly, one would think that it has run its course. That the logic of it diminishes adds to the strikes against the story. Riches is too attached to this mystery which it appears he wants to make his hero with an added depth to his character.

Plenty of time to explore that when the character returns to Rome. However the Hungarian Auxiliary Cohort is becoming a little too invincible as well. Other tales of Roman Soldiers show, and my knowledge of the period adds, that an auxiliary cohort is not trained to the same level of a legion, where the soldiers have been in training since they were children.

There should be plenty of trouble for a unit of auxiliaries to get into, but now we seem to be creating illogical and unhistorical situations for our hero to go win and drags along a unit that would not be given the task over that of a cohort of legionnaires.

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All that aside, and suspending my disbelief in this, I can find the tale interesting, though better survived if the three main problems, the Heroes Comic Book like superiority, his evil enemies in Rome who want him dead, and his leadership in a group of auxiliaries instead of legionnaires, had been dealt with. One person found this helpful. Great book from a VG series.

I'd say a solid 5-star rating. I would like to provide further textual content on that Rating as part of this Review, however am unable to do so. The ACDLT has restricted my ability to Comment or Reply and doing so without any prior warning, any specific notification, any identification of specific alleged problems or appeal. That being so, an inability to respond to Review comments by others positive, negative, indifferent would be unfair to myself and others. I would therefore request no Comments or, if so, recognize that I do not have an ability to respond to same.

But it is a solid 5-star book in this genre. Apologies for a late review; I don't know how this one slipped between the cracks, but it did and my recollections are a bit blurred by the passage of time. Forewarned and all that. Riches is rightly praised for his story-telling and historical research and it seems well deserved to me. Each of the three books has much to recommend it. I should warn, however, that this is a series that is best read in order.

The main character is Marcus Aquila, aka "Corvus" and "Two Blades", who attracts devoted followers and unwanted fame for his martial skills. In fact, the number of continuing minor characters is already one or two more than I would wish. The three books thus far take place in northern Britain, near the Wall, and involve Rome's efforts to put down various tribal uprisings.

This is by its very nature complicated, just as Caesar's campaigns Gaul were complicated due to the different tribes, and it requires the reader to pay attention. This time Marcus and the auxiliary Tungrians are up against a leader named Drust, who is accompanied by Calgus. They are not allies, and their relationship was fascinating.

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