The Eagle's Vengeance: Empire VI

The barbarian leader Calgus defies both his barbarian captors and Britannia's legions - and Marcus Aquila - once more in the sixth thrilling novel in the Empire sequence, praised by fellow-authors Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane and Manda Scott.

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IT'S TIME TO TAKE WHAT'S YOURS.

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The Fang: An impregnable fort perched high atop a mountain, surrounded by an impassable swamp. Current home of the stolen eagle standard.

Recently returned to Hadrian's Wall, Marcus Aquila and the Tungrian cohorts are asked to do the impossible: infiltrate the Fang and recover the venerated idol of the Sixth Legion.

But when the mission goes awry, they find themselves alone, far from home, and surrounded by the enemy . . .

Bracing from the very first page, bestseller Anthony Riches takes us on his most breakneck instalment yet.