Britannia: The Watchmen

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  • THE
  • END
  • OF
  • ROMAN
  • BRITAIN
  • CONTINUES.'We
  • are
  • the
  • watchmen;
  • the
  • keepers
  • of
  • the
  • flame.'Britannia
  • in
  • the
  • late
  • fourth
  • century
  • is
  • a
  • wild,
  • dark
  • place
  • and
  • the
  • Pax
  • Romana
  • that
  • has
  • held
  • for
  • three
  • hundred
  • years
  • is
  • crumbling.
  • Justinus
  • Coelius
  • is
  • commander
  • of
  • the
  • Wall
  • and
  • he
  • is
  • facing
  • invasion
  • from
  • Saxons
  • and
  • treachery
  • from
  • within.
  • Leocadius
  • Honorius
  • is
  • consul
  • of
  • Londinium,
  • but
  • his
  • fragile
  • grasp
  • on
  • his
  • lifestyle
  • is
  • broken
  • when
  • he
  • plays
  • dice
  • with
  • the
  • wrong
  • people.
  • Vitalis
  • Celatius
  • just
  • wants
  • a
  • quiet,
  • peaceful
  • life
  • but
  • his
  • sister
  • Conchessa
  • is
  • desperate
  • to
  • find
  • her
  • husband
  • who
  • has
  • fallen
  • foul
  • of
  • the
  • Emperor.
  • And
  • the
  • Emperor
  • is
  • about
  • to
  • face
  • a
  • challenge
  • from
  • Magnus
  • Maximus,
  • the
  • general
  • who
  • takes
  • Britannia's
  • legions
  • to
  • overthrow
  • him.
  • Celtic
  • legend,
  • Egyptian
  • mysticism
  • and
  • Gaelic
  • battle-fury
  • are
  • all
  • interwoven
  • in
  • this
  • dark
  • tale.The
  • surviving
  • Heroes
  • of
  • the
  • Wall
  • are
  • once
  • again
  • thrown
  • into
  • the
  • melting
  • pot
  • of
  • history.
  • How
  • many
  • of
  • them
  • will
  • still
  • be
  • standing
  • at
  • the
  • end?"An
  • impressive
  • followup
  • volume
  • to
  • The
  • Wall.
  • True
  • to
  • the
  • first
  • book,
  • Roman
  • Britain
  • is
  • expertly
  • portrayed
  • with
  • historical
  • accuracy
  • and
  • detailed
  • descriptions
  • and
  • characterization.
  • I
  • will
  • await
  • volume
  • 3
  • eagerly." Polly
  • Krize
  • – Reviewer
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