El águila abandona Britania

Resumen del libro

En lo que parece que va a ser el ataque definitivo contra las hordas de Carataco, la tercera cohorte debe desempeñar un papel de primer orden, cortando una posible retirada. Sin embargo, el fracaso en el cumplimiento de esta misión, la desbandada que éste provoca y las luchas internas en el seno de la propia cohorte va a desencadenar una situación crítica. En su búsqueda de una cabeza de turco, el nuevo centurión superior se fija en los centuriones Macro y Cato que tendrán que tomar una difícil decisión. Encadenando escenas sumamente divertidas, espléndidas recreaciones de batallas y una acertada reproducción de la vida en un campamento romano rodeado de bárbaros britanos, el author ha dado una de las mejores novelas de un ciclo que gana interés y emoción en cada nueva entrega.
La presencia y los avatares de los romanos en Britania es un aspecto de la historia poco tratado hasta la fecha en novelas históricas, y la obra de Scarrow cubre perfectamente esta carencia.

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>