Warrior of Rome III: Lion of the Sun
By (Author) Harry Sidebottom
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
9th June 2011
14th April 2011
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
480
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 30mm
329g
Top 5 bestseller Harry Sidebottom delivers another epic story of empire, heroes, treachery, courage and brutal, bloody warfare Mesopotamia, AD 260 Betrayed by his most trusted adviser, the Roman Emperor Valerian has been captured by the Sassanid barbarians. The shame of the vanquished beats down mercilessly like the white sun, as the frail old emperor prostrates himself before Shapur, King of Kings. Ballista looks on helplessly, but vows under his breath to avenge those who have brought the empire to the brink of destruction with their treachery. One day, maybe not soon, but one day, I will kill you . . . But first he must decide what price he will pay for his own freedom. Only the fearless and only those whom the gods will spare from hell can now save the empire from a catastrophic ending. Ballista, the Warrior of Rome, faces his greatest challenge yet.
Dr Harry Sidebottom is a Fellow of St Benet's Hall and lecturer at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical art. All six of his Warrior of Rome novels are available from Penguin in paperback and ebook.