Thunder of the Gods: Empire VIII

@2@@20@'A master of the genre' @18@The Times@19@@21@@3@@2@The eighth book in the Empire sequence takes Centurion Marcus Aquila and his Tungrian legion on a dangerous mission to the heart of the Parthian empire.@3@@2@With Rome no longer safe Marcus and the Tungrians are ordered east, to the desolate border lands where Rome and Parthia have vied for supremacy for centuries.@3@@2@Ordered to relieve the siege of an isolated fortress, their task is doomed to bloody failure unless they can turn the disaffected Third Legion into a fighting force capable of resisting the terrifying Parthian cataphracts.@3@@2@And Marcus must travel to the enemy capital Ctesiphon on a desperate mission, the only man who can persuade the King of Kings to halt a war that threatens the humiliation of the empire and the slaughter of his friends.@3@

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Riches, Riches Anthony
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781444732009
• ISBN: 978-1-4447-3200-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 199 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Empire; Empire series; Empire series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Historical adventure, War & combat fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction