The Eagle's Prophecy Book

The sixth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Roman series. It is spring 45 AD and Centurions Macro and Cato dismissed from the Second Legion in Britain are trapped in Rome waiting for their involvement in the death of a fellow officer to be investigated. It is then that the imperial secretary the devious Narcissus makes them an offer they can't refuse: to rescue an imperial agent who has been captured by pirates operating from the Illyrian coast. With him were scrolls vital to the safety of the Emperor and the future of Rome. However Narcissus also sends Vitellius an old enemy of the two centurions. The three officers set out from Ravenna with the imperial fleet but the pirates are forewarned and the Romans pay a heavy price. Outnumbered by the enemy surrounded by rumours of treachery and endangered by Vitellius' desire to redeem himself Centurions Macro and Cato must find the pirate base to avert a disaster that could destroy the Emperor.

The Eagle's Prophecy (Eagles of the Empire 6) : Paperback : Headline Publishing Group : 9780755350001 : 0755350006 : 11 Dec 2008 : AD 45, the Adriatic Sea. Centurions Macro and Cato embark on a deadly mission to rescue an imperial agent from pirates. The gripping sixth novel in the bestselling Eagles of the Empire series, which includes INVICTUS, BRITANNIA and THE BLOOD CROWS.