Traidores a Roma (XVIII)

Resumen del libro

Año 56 d.C.
El tribuno Cato y el centurión Macro, veteranos ya del ejército romano endurecidos por la batalla, aguardan la próxima campaña en Thapis, pequeña ciudad situada cerca de la frontera oriental.
Roma prepara sus ejércitos para la lucha contra los partos, cada vez más cercana.
Mientras, los espías de la peligrosa y misteriosa Partia los tienen en su punto de mira, pero también son conscientes de que el verdadero enemigo puede estar entre los suyos.
Hay un traidor en sus filas.
Y ésa podría ser la amenaza más mortal para la legión...
y el mismo Imperio, Roma no muestra piedad con los que traicionan a sus camaradas.
Pero primero hay que descubrir al culpable.
De forma que Cato y Macro se exponen a una carrera contra el tiempo para sacar a la luz la verdad, mientras que el poderoso enemigo sobre la frontera se mantiene alerta para explotar cualquier debilidad en la legión.
Luego, el traidor deberá morir....

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>