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Resumen del libro

Esta novela nos adentra en el mundo de los druidas y los ritos de las llamadas tribus bárbaras, en este caso los durotriges. El ejército romano, que no ceja en su empeño de conquistar Britania, se enfrenta a un crudo invierno mientras espera el momento propicio para continuar su avance, pero el secuestro de la familia del general Aulo Plautio complica sus planes.
El centurión Macro y Cato son enviados a tierras desconocidas, en compañía de un intérprete que se revelará muy poco útil, para intentar liberar a los secuestrados, y ello les llevará a enfrentarse a las más sorprendentes y arriesgadas aventuras, sin otra ayuda que su ingenio (y la ingenuidad de los bárbaros).

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>