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Betrayal: The Centurions I

By: Anthony Riches
Narrated by: Mark Noble
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Rome, AD 68. Nero has committed suicide. One hundred years of imperial rule by the descendants of Julius Caesar has ended, and chaos rules.

His successor Galba dismisses the incorruptible Germans of the Imperial Bodyguard for the crime of loyalty to the dead emperor. Ordering them back to their homeland he releases a Batavi officer from a Roman prison to be their prefect. But Julius Civilis is not the loyal servant of empire that he seems.

Four centurions, two Batavi and two Roman, will be caught up in the intrigues and the battles that follow - as friends, as victims, as leaders and as enemies.

Hramn is First Spear of the Bodyguard. Fiercely proud of his men's honour, and furious at their disgrace, he leads them back to the Batavi homeland to face an uncertain future.

Alcaeus is a centurion with the tribe's cohorts serving Rome on the northern frontier - men whose fighting skills prove crucial as Roman vies with Roman for the throne. A wolf-priest of Hercules, he wields the authority of his god and his own fighting prowess.

Marius is a Roman, first spear of the Fifth Legion: a self-made man who hates politics, but cannot avoid them in a year of murderous intrigue.

Aquillius, former first spear of the Eighth Augustan, like Hramn, is in disgrace for refusing to dishonour his oath of loyalty. But their paths will lead them to opposite sides of an unforgiving war.

And Civilis, Kivilaz to his countrymen, heroic leader, Roman citizen and patriotic Batavi, will change both the course of the Empire's destiny and that of the centurions.

(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton©2017 Anthony Riches Historical Fiction War & Military Rome Military War Fiction Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Thriller & Suspense Crime Suspense Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Unlike Empire, there are a LOT of characters, and units....given that I listen to these books on my way to/from work, I often found myself rewinding, going back, to get clarity on what was going on. That some of Mr. Ritches' characters often use fifteen or thirty words in a sentence, when three or four would suffice, does not help but damn his books are addictive.

Wordy, but great stuff!

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My only problem was it, at first, is a bit convoluted and hard to follow. There are so many major players at first, it's a little trouble keeping up (especially with similar Roman names). Eventually you catch on, the the novel hit its climactic battle and ended. I wanted more!

It's very good, definitely worth reading

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The politics are vonffusing. I may have misread,, but in two prior novels, in 1_Marcus apparently died and in anoother, his wife died in childbirth

The author says the politics are confusing.

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Just great story great storytelling and great writing! This is a must read for anyone interested in historical fiction on this period

Great Story!

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good book and interesting ... not exiting or thrilling. not sure if I'd listen to it again.

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