Centurión

Resumen del libro

Palmira es apenas un pequeño reino en pleno desierto objeto de deseo tanto de Roma como de Partia; no hay duda de que puede convertirse en una auténtica pesadilla para el Imperio, y, cómo no, para el prefecto Macro y el centurión Cato.

Una revuelta en Palmira hace que el Imperio mande tropas para ayudar al rey y defender las fronteras, pero la intimidante presencia de los legionarios lleva a Partia a desencadenar una guerra de consecuencias insospechadas en un territorio que Macro y Cato conocen mal, pero que no tardan en aprender a odiar, y en el que la táctica de las falanges resulta insuficiente ante jinetes y arqueros tan hábiles como los partos. Y lo único que les faltaba era la sospecha de que existe un traidor en sus propias filas, quizás en círculos muy próximos al propio rey; o que Cato se enamorara de la aristócrata hija del embajador romano...

En esta ocasión Simon Scarrow nos deleita con una estupenda novela sobre la durísima vida de las legiones en el desierto.

Biografía del autor

Simon Scarrow is a UK-based author, born in Nigeria and now based in Norfolk. He completed a master's degree at the University of East Anglia 1 after working at the Inland Revenue, and then went into teaching as a lecturer, firstly at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, then at City College Norwich.<br><br>He is best known for his Eagle Series of Roman Military fiction set in the territories of the Roman Empire, covering the second invasion of Britain and the subsequent prolonged campaign undertaken by the rump of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. To date there are eleven books in the series, with the 11th released in November 2011, Praetorian. The twelfth book has recently been announced and is due to be released in October 2013, The Blood Crows 2 .<br><br>He has also written another series, Revolution, focusing on Wellington and Napoleon, whose first title, Young Bloods, was published in 2006. The second volume, The Generals, was released on the 31 May 2007 and the third volume Fire and Sword was released in January 2009. The fourth and final novel of the series was released in Jun 2010 and is called The Fields of Death. He has now started writing a new series titled Gladiator: The fight for freedom.<br><br>