The Leopard Sword: Empire IV
Apr 2012 · Hachette UK
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Britannia has been subdued - and an epic new chapter in Marcus Valerius Aquila's life begins.
'A master of the genre' The Times
The murderous Roman agents who nearly captured Marcus have been defeated by his friends. But in order to protect those very friends from the wrath of the emperor, he must leave the province which has been giving him shelter. As Marcus Tribulus Corvus, centurion of the second Tungrian auxiliary cohort, he leads his men from Hadrian's Wall to the Tungrians' original home in Germania Inferior.
There he finds a very different world from the turbulent British frontier - but one with its own dangers. Tungrorum, the center of a once-prosperous farming province, a city already broght low by the ravages of the eastern plague that has swept through the empire, is now threatened by an outbreak of brutally violent robbery. A bandit chieftain called Obduro, his identity always hidden behind an iron cavalry helmet, is robbing and killing with impunity.
His sword - sharper, stronger and more deadly than any known to the Roman army - is the lethal symbol of his unstoppable power. And now he has moved beyond mere theft and threatens to destabilize the whole northern frontier of the empire . . .
'A master of the genre' The Times
The murderous Roman agents who nearly captured Marcus have been defeated by his friends. But in order to protect those very friends from the wrath of the emperor, he must leave the province which has been giving him shelter. As Marcus Tribulus Corvus, centurion of the second Tungrian auxiliary cohort, he leads his men from Hadrian's Wall to the Tungrians' original home in Germania Inferior.
There he finds a very different world from the turbulent British frontier - but one with its own dangers. Tungrorum, the center of a once-prosperous farming province, a city already broght low by the ravages of the eastern plague that has swept through the empire, is now threatened by an outbreak of brutally violent robbery. A bandit chieftain called Obduro, his identity always hidden behind an iron cavalry helmet, is robbing and killing with impunity.
His sword - sharper, stronger and more deadly than any known to the Roman army - is the lethal symbol of his unstoppable power. And now he has moved beyond mere theft and threatens to destabilize the whole northern frontier of the empire . . .
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4.6
21 reviews
Ian Morgan
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August 7, 2014
For followers of the series, this book is not as much about the main protagonist, Marcus, as the dynamic within the cohort and the character development of other notable figures within the 1st Tungrian cohort whilst focusing a little more attention to the 2nd Tungrian corhort than in the previous books. Clearly still the main charachter this is no longer the Marcus Corvus/Aquila roadshow. Riches has clearly been putting in the hours studying his subject and weaving the web of creation of his own world within the Roman Empire, whilst honing his own skills as a writer. Personally my favourite so far is book 2 but this one has it's highs and moves the story along nicely.
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Brian Kelly
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December 2, 2012
Entertaining read with some good action pieces. Good spin on the story line for the ending as well.
Steve Williams
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September 14, 2014
Good read.
About the author
Anthony Riches holds a degree in Military Studies from Manchester University. He began writing the story that would become the first novel in the Empire series, Wounds of Honour, after visiting Housesteads Roman fort in 1996. Married with three grown up children, he now lives in Suffolk. He is also the writer of the 'Protector' thriller series. www.anthonyriches.com www.twitter.com/AnthonyRiches
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