Death to the Emperor: The thrilling new Eagles of the Empire novel - Macro and Cato return!

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Cato is leading a Legion in Wales reluctantly whilst Macro now no longer a Legionary is in the reserves but defending Colchester. He takes most of the available soldiers on the expedition including Cato, leaving most of the country to be protected by a few ill-trained forces, including Camuldonunum which is left to Macro and the few hundred other veterans who have also retired to the town.

I wasn't a fan of Simon Scarrow's writings before, though several years ago, I did read the third book of his Eagles of the Empire series, 'Where The Eagle Hunts', where his protagonists Cato and Macro are assisted in their mission by a young Boudica. But surprisingly I was reading the follow up to the last Scarrow and this was only published in paperback this year. Macro and Cato each face deadly battles against enemies who would rather die than succumb to Roman rule. The great news is that the ending and Authors notes leave little doubt that at least one more is on the way, personally I hope for many more. p>Read about how we’ll protect and use your data in our Privacy Notice.

and how his wife Queen Boudicca turned took the reigns of power all is well until the procurator demands payment of taxes.

I want to read the rest of the series because this book can be read as a stand alone but I want to learn more about these characters. In Britannia in AD 60, Governor Gaius Paulinus has decided to wipe out once and for all the troublesome druids. My thanks to the Author publisher's and NetGalley for providing me with a Kindle version of this book to read and honestly review.Those two events form the backbone of this novel, with Cato involved in the attack on Mona whilst Macro is charged with the defence of Camulodunum (Colchester) and in charge of the Roman Reserves there whilst the main army is away on campaign, just after the Governor of Britain has further alienated their Icenian allies.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Although, part of a series, this is the first that I have read and it worked well as a standalone novel. Claudia Acta the real life whore/mistress of Nero was never in Brittania and was still hanging around Nero’s palace in Rome in 64 and 65AD. Meanwhile, Cato has been sent northwest to harry and conquer once and for all the Druids and their followers. The hard-won province of Britannia is a thorn in the side of the Roman Empire, its tribes swift to anger, and relentless in their bloody harassment of the Roman military.The first half of the book follows this and the eventual start of the rebellion by Boudicca and Macro as senior centurion at Colchester has to deal with the fallout. We all know that the spark was the death of Boudica's husband, the mistreatment of her and her daughters by the Roman procurator Decianus, and the crippling high taxes. The tales follow the life and careers of Centurion Lucius Cornelius Macro and Prefect Quintus Licinius Cato.

A somewhat misleading title given that the Emperor is literally over 2000km away from the action of this fast-moving latest instalment of the Cato and Macro saga.

Their insistence that the conquered isles will benefit and should be grateful eerily echoes the arguments of the much later British Empire. From the moment that you start the first page, you are transported back in time and feel like you are there over two thousand years ago.