EAN: 9780552178228

THE BARBARIAN - DOUGLAS JACKSON TASCHENBUCH

AD 406. Abandoned by friends and hounded by enemies  Roman cavalry commander Marcus Flavius
Victor and a small band of loyal warriors know that the time has come to leave an increasingly
fractured Britannia. Their journey takes them across the bleak  pirate-infested seas of the
Mare Germanicum to Saxonia and on into the dark heart of barbarism. It seems the Britons' only
salvation lies with an old comrade  General Stilicho - based far to the east but still within
the sanctuary of the Empire. But the general has troubles of his own: his influence with the
Emperor Honorius is waning  and a great warrior people are on the march - for Radagaisus  king
of the Ostrogoths  has promised his subjects all the riches of Italia  and they will leave a
sea of Roman bones in their wake. But as Marcus and his companions battle their way towards
what they hope will a safe haven of sorts  they stumble across a secret which could decide the
fate of the Empire. But who can they really trust  and can Marcus reach Stilicho in time -
because his every step is dogged by a son who wants him dead... Set during the desperate
twilight years of Rome's once all-powerful empire  The Barbarian is the action-packed and
thrillingly authentic new historical novel from one of the genre's very best.

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