Warrior of Rome: The Wolves of the North (Warrior of Rome, 5) - Softcover

Harry Sidebottom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141046171 ISBN 13: 9780141046174

Publisher: Penguin, 2013

Synopsis

Experience all the action of Rome with Harry's latest epic.

AD263 - barbarian invasions and violent uprisings threaten to tear apart the Imperium of Rome.

In the north, the tribes are increasingly bold in their raids on the Imperium - their savagery unlike anything Rome has known before. Ballista must undertake his most treacherous journey yet - a covert attempt to turn the barbarians of the steppe against each other. He must face the Heruli - the most bizarre and brutal of all the nomad tribes - the Eaters of Flesh, the Wolves of the North. As Ballista and his retinue make their journey, someone - or something - is hunting them, picking them off one by one, and leaving a trail of terror and mutilated corpses.

Ballista is in a strange land, among strange people, but is it possible that the greatest threat may come from within his own familia?

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Review:

Wonderful fight scenes, deft literary touches . . . This is a storming triumph (Evening Standard)

Blazes with searing scholarship (The Times)

From the Back Cover:

AD263 - the Empire is threatened . . .

In the north, the savage barbarian tribes of the steppe grow bold. Ballista, warrior of Rome, is sent on an impossible mission - to turn the barbarians against each other. He will face the Heruli - the Eaters of Flesh, the Wolves of the North - most terrifying of all the nomad tribes. But as Ballista and his retinue set out, someone hunts them, picking his people off one by one, and leaving a trail of terror and mutilated corpses.

Ballista, in a strange land, among strange people, is about to discover that the greatest threat sometimes lies among one's own . . .

Praise for the bestselling Warrior of Rome series:

'Sidebottom's books have an authenticity that few rivals can match . . . far more convincing than the ancient world conjured up in many other novels'Sunday Times

'A storming Roman epic with explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama' Guardian

'Amazing, spectacular. Wonderful fight scenes, deft literary touches and salty dialogue' Daily Telegraph

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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0141046171
• ISBN 13: 9780141046174
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480