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Warrior of Rome: Fire in the East

Warrior of Rome: Fire in the East

by Harry Sidebottom

Publisher Michael Joseph

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AD 255 the Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged throughout the territories and along every border. Yet the most lethal threat lurks far to the east in Persia, where the massing forces of the Sassanid Empire loom with fiery menace. The far-flung and isolated citadel of Ar?te faces out across the wasteland, awaiting the inevitable invasion.

One man is sent to marshall the defences of this lonely city one man to shore up the crumbling walls of a once indomitable symbol of Roman power a man whose name itself means war, a man called Ballista. Alone, Ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the Imperium.

In the bestselling tradition of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden, comes a block-busting voice in historical adventure fiction.

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About the Author

Harry Sidebottom

Harry Sidebottom teaches Ancient History at Oxford University. His career as a novelist began with his Warrior of Rome series, which has sold over half a million copies. His next series, Throne of Caesars, was equally acclaimed.


The Last Hour, his tenth novel, introduced us once again to Marcus Clodius Ballista, hero of the Warrior of Rome books. The Return is his twelfth novel.

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