Rome: The Eagle Of The Twelfth: Rome 3 Book

They are known as the Legion of the Damned...Throughout the Roman Army the Twelth Legion is notorious for its ill fortune. It faces the harshest of postings the toughest of campaigns the most vicious of opponents. For one young man Demalion of Macedon joining it will be a baptism of fire. And yet amid all of the violence and savagery of his life as a legionary he realises he has discovered a vocation - as a soldier and a leader of men. He has come to love the Twelth and all the bloody-minded dark-hearted soldiers he calls his brothers. But all that he cares about is ripped from him when during the brutal Judaean campaign the Hebrew army inflict a catastrophic defeat upon the legion - not only decimating their ranks but taking away their soul - the eagle. There is one final chance to save the legion's honour - to steal back the eagle. To do that Demalion and his legionnaries must go undercover into the city of Jerusalem into the very heart of their enemy where discovery will mean the worst of deaths if they are to recover their pride. And that in itself is a task worthy only of heroes.