'I look forward with pleasurable anticipation to volume two, having enjoyed this far more than most of the commercially published fiction I have read and reviewed over the past two years.'
HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY REVIEWS.
http://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/brennus-conqueror-of-rome-terror-gallicus/
The titanic struggle begins in an unremarkable grove in the lands of an unremarkable tribe.
The war which follows will last for centuries and shapes us still.
390 BC - A Greek trader embarks on his fifth journey to the forests of Hyperborea on behalf of his shadowy employer: and disappears.
Led by Brennus, a warlord without a past, a warrior of the Horsetails clan accompanies his tribe on an extraordinary trek through the wild Celtic lands. Eighty thousand strong they cross the Alps and fall upon the rich lands of Italia.
On an island at the edge of the known world, a young druid is driven by her night terrors to embark on a quest which will finally reveal the path the gods have chosen for her.
A general of Rome, conqueror of the Volscian city of Anxur, witnesses a barbarian army crush the Etruscan phalanx using a deadly combination of guile and ferocity. Can he awaken the senate from its torpor and save his own city from catastrophe?
In an epic tale of friendship, heroism and betrayal, war sweeps across the ancient world as two civilisations vie for ascendancy. From the wind swept moors of Albion to the seven hills of Rome, the glacial peaks of the Alps to the tempestuous seas off the Pillars of Hercules the conflict unfolds which will decide the destiny of a continent.
REVIEW
Praise for the author's Sword of Woden series.
The characters are particularly well drawn and the story is entertaining and historically informative. Recommended. - Historical Novel Society
If you like Bernard Cornwell or even Simon Scarrow you'll like this.
May is a great writer and the detail in this book is excellent.
Unputdownable, a great read! Amazon reviews.
HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY REVIEWS.
http://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/brennus-conqueror-of-rome-terror-gallicus/
The titanic struggle begins in an unremarkable grove in the lands of an unremarkable tribe.
The war which follows will last for centuries and shapes us still.
390 BC - A Greek trader embarks on his fifth journey to the forests of Hyperborea on behalf of his shadowy employer: and disappears.
Led by Brennus, a warlord without a past, a warrior of the Horsetails clan accompanies his tribe on an extraordinary trek through the wild Celtic lands. Eighty thousand strong they cross the Alps and fall upon the rich lands of Italia.
On an island at the edge of the known world, a young druid is driven by her night terrors to embark on a quest which will finally reveal the path the gods have chosen for her.
A general of Rome, conqueror of the Volscian city of Anxur, witnesses a barbarian army crush the Etruscan phalanx using a deadly combination of guile and ferocity. Can he awaken the senate from its torpor and save his own city from catastrophe?
In an epic tale of friendship, heroism and betrayal, war sweeps across the ancient world as two civilisations vie for ascendancy. From the wind swept moors of Albion to the seven hills of Rome, the glacial peaks of the Alps to the tempestuous seas off the Pillars of Hercules the conflict unfolds which will decide the destiny of a continent.
REVIEW
Praise for the author's Sword of Woden series.
The characters are particularly well drawn and the story is entertaining and historically informative. Recommended. - Historical Novel Society
If you like Bernard Cornwell or even Simon Scarrow you'll like this.
May is a great writer and the detail in this book is excellent.
Unputdownable, a great read! Amazon reviews.
