Altar of Blood: Empire IX
Mar 2016 · Hachette UK
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'A master of the genre' The Times
The Tungrians have no sooner returned to Rome than they find themselves tasked with a very different mission to their desperate exploits in Parthia.
Ordered to cross the river Rhenus into barbarian Germany and capture a tribal priestess who may be the most dangerous person on the empire's northern border, they are soon subject to the machinations of an old enemy who will stop at nothing to sabotage their plans before they have even set foot on the river's eastern bank.
But after their Roman enemy is neutralised they face a challenge greater still.
With two of the Bructeri tribe's greatest treasures in their hands they must regain Roman territory by crossing the unforgiving wilderness that was the graveyard of Roman imperial strategy two hundred years before. And capture by the Bructeri's vengeful chieftain and his warband can only end in one way - a horrific sacrificial death on the tribe's altar of blood.
'A master of the genre' The Times
The Tungrians have no sooner returned to Rome than they find themselves tasked with a very different mission to their desperate exploits in Parthia.
Ordered to cross the river Rhenus into barbarian Germany and capture a tribal priestess who may be the most dangerous person on the empire's northern border, they are soon subject to the machinations of an old enemy who will stop at nothing to sabotage their plans before they have even set foot on the river's eastern bank.
But after their Roman enemy is neutralised they face a challenge greater still.
With two of the Bructeri tribe's greatest treasures in their hands they must regain Roman territory by crossing the unforgiving wilderness that was the graveyard of Roman imperial strategy two hundred years before. And capture by the Bructeri's vengeful chieftain and his warband can only end in one way - a horrific sacrificial death on the tribe's altar of blood.
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4.3
23 reviews
Andrew Burton
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25 March 2016
Marcus really should be a bigger focus, although still a good read and worth buying I just felt the plot lost its way a bit at the end. Kind of like an episode of the Simpson where everything goes back to the way it was at the start. Anyway my moan is minor I'm obviously going to get the next one :)
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Jon Carter
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4 September 2016
Another novel to match the fast paced action, and intrigue of the predecessors in the series. Although less focused on the main character of the series, and written with a different structure, it reads as well as any of Anthony Riches' other 9 novels in the series.
paul ridgeway (Grizzly)
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12 March 2016
Google your a joke if you think people are going to pay £9:99 for a ebook get a grip and stop ripping people off
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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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