{"product_id":"clash-of-legions-9781399701471","title":"Clash of Legions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo emperors - one must fall\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarcus Aquila and his patron Rutlius Scaurus have fought a superior enemy force to a standstill in Thracia, gaining the favour of the gods but paying a grievous cost in their family's blood.\u003cbr\u003eBattle-weary and mourning their losses, they are tasked with rooting out a spy ring operating in the lands into which their imperial master Severus's armies are advancing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHunting down informers operating under the skilled and ruthless command of their sworn enemy Sartorius, spymaster to the usurper Niger, will not be easy. But the potential to turn his intelligence network, and thereby deceive and distract the enemy, might land a war-winning blow on the army of the east. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe quest to find and subvert their foes' informers will place the two friends at great risk, with torture and death the price of any mistake. While success will put them in the front rank of a bitter battle against battle hardened legions, hungry for revenge, in a bloody struggle to determine the fate of Asia's loyalty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Scaurus is a man with a powerful threat still hanging over him, a curse imploring the gods to fell him at the very moment of his greatest victory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A master of the genre' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399701471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"Anthony Riches","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43972132077749,"sku":"9781399701471","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_634e9f22-3f7c-4804-8dd2-1aa648929fd3.jpg?v=1713282070","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/clash-of-legions-9781399701471","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}