Hello and welcome to another exciting Simon Scarrow review, this time the second legion has got themeselves into a hostage situation , its up to the old duo of Cato and Macro to help the legion save their leaders wife and child.

Firstly , I would suggest reading the previous books in order to learn about the characters relationships and previous battles which are reffered to. This book keeps to the same writing style as the previous creations and brings something slightly to different to the mainly battle orientated line before. The wife and children of general plautius and have been taken by the british druids and the legion has been given a week to either give back their brothers (taken on a exciting raid on a british village) or the hostages will be killed in a wicker man.

Simon Scarrow has shown he can write a wider range of storys as this has turned into a exciting roman thriller , with all the battles , politics and roman undercurrents still showing in the storyline. The writing is rarely boring and you find yourself picking up speed as the legion tries to save the generals family. The characters grow in depth and the relationships show change as new nemisis's and allies are made . The skirmishes are still full of detail and the link you feel with the soldiers is very strong.

The book was the final of the 3 £1 books in the series i got from ASDA but it is also available on amazon for just over £! , for that price it is really worth it.

Overall I am amazed that after 3 books I am still gripped with whats happening and what will happen, for this reason I purchased the next 2 books in the series , so again expect to see those on the horizon. The book is 430 pages long and a nice easy to read print.

Thanks for reading.