Historical adventure novel by Siman Scarrow from the Cato series
It is the year 42 AD, and by II. Legion, the most striking unit of the entire Roman army, a new recruit, Quintus Licinius Cato, had just arrived in Germania. A young soldier, ...who until now has dealt primarily with books, not only has to cope with all the hardships of a rigid military regime, but also to face the resistance of his fellow soldiers - then, what's gonna come out, that his contacts at the Emperor's court had appointed him to a higher rank than them.
He becomes Macron's second-in-command, a fearless centurion and a skilled warrior, and must demonstrate far more ability than any other soldier in the coming military actions. They find that after bloody clashes with warriors of the Germanic tribes, their next campaign takes them to a land unmatched in savagery by any other - barbaric Britain. After a long march to the west, Cato and Macro must complete a special mission that will allow them to penetrate the deepest secrets of a conspiracy that aims at nothing less than the overthrow of the Emperor.
