story of a Roman column invading Mona (Anglesea) with the intention of destroying the last of the remaining Druids.

This is the 21st installment in the author's "Eagles of the Empire" series which seems like it may be coming to an end in a book or two - but then again, maybe not.

I often wondered reading that whether their paths would cross again with her during the events that made Boudica a synonymous figure in British history. So the friends spend much of this apart but obviously as we would expect, trouble quickly finds them.

As with all of the Simon Scarrow books I've read, the history is worn lightly enough to make an enjoyable read: this is not a dry, stuffy retelling of events but rather uses the real historical events as the backbone for the story being built around it. The great news is that the ending and Authors notes leave little doubt that at least one more is on the way, personally I hope for many more. Whilst Cato is with the legions at Ynys Mon, Macro is with other retired veterans in Camulodunum and their families are in Londinium. Many in Rome feel the cost of maintaining a military presence in such a troublesome new province isn't worth the cost of the meagre imports the island produces.Well, he's off on an assignment on the other side of Britain helping to eliminate the Druids so he plays no part in the actual revolt. Their insistence that the conquered isles will benefit and should be grateful eerily echoes the arguments of the much later British Empire. This is really part 1 of a 2 part telling of the Boudicca Uprising, largely using a 2 perspective narrative with Cato on Anglesey/Mona and the suppression of the Druids and Ordovicians by Suetonius, while Macro is largely in Camulodonum with the other veterans, reaping the whirlwind of Roman officials' "mishandling" of Boudicca and the Iceni. Centurion Macro is now enjoying a comfortable retirement in the colonia of Camulodunum, while his old friend Cato is assigned a new command as the Governor of Britain, Suetonius Paulinus, plans a military campaign to destroy the Druid stronghold on the island of Mona (present-day Anglesey in Wales). The Governor of Britannia has decided now is the time to try and defeat once and for all the troublesome hill tribes of Wales and also the druids who are based on Mona, or Anglesey.

Both Cato and Macro find themselves under the command of men whose actions they doubt or whose motives they distrust. As with all the books in the series this revolves around the adventures of our old friends Macro and Cato plus assorted other characters. The historical aspect is fascinating and brought to life vividly by Scarrow with intriguing characters and bloody clashes. The only downside is the novel ends with the sacking of Camulodonum, so I'm going to have to wait for the next book to read what happens with Cato and Macro during the second half of Boudica's rebellion; needless to say, I'll be eagerly waiting for that book (and binging on the rest of this series until it's released!Macro has drawn an even shorter straw in the person of Procurator Decianus, the man tasked with collecting the tribute owed to Rome by the Iceni, ruled by Queen Boudica. When the Iceni can’t pay the taxes owed to the Empire it creates a chain of events which culminates in Macro and the inhabitants of Camulodunum having to make one last stand.

Never been more worried about the fate of Macro, he's made it out of a few scrapes in the past but this seems like the one he doesn't get away from. I found the descriptions of life in Britain in the I century very interesting and they made me wish I know more about the lifestyle. Our features are original articles from our print magazines (these will say where they were originally published) or original articles commissioned for this site.The action sequences are graphic and realistic and keep you turning the pages waiting to see what happens next. The majority of the Roman army in the province is engaged in a final push to subdue the Druid stronghold on Ynys Mon, leaving both Camulodunum (Colchester) and Londinium poorly defended and vulnerable to attack. That, and a quote from the king of historical action-adventure fiction Bernard Cornwell that 'I really don't need this kind of competition . Please get rid of her as Cato deserves a nice lady to settle down with and this relationship just does not work. Estas novelas son todas más o menos iguales: Una sucesión de batallas, con una trama (a poder ser, con algo de intriga) relacionándolas entre ellas y p'alante.