During the second year of their campaign against the British tribes, the Roman legions are under great pressure to complete their mission. However, at a crucial juncture in battle, Macro and Cato's superior, Centurion Maximius, loses his nerve after discovering an auxiliary outpost had been massacred by British raiders and leads his cohort on a revenge mission, in spite of his orders to defend a vital river crossing. Macro questions Maximius' orders, and is allowed by his superior to take his century and guard the river crossing.
Maximius gets his revenge, but is alerted to the danger of Macro's century and rushes back to the aid of his junior centurion. However, they are too late, and the cohort is driven in to a tactical retreat to avoid obliteration. This allows the Britons, including the enemy leader Caratacus, to escape. Because of this failure to halt the escape of Caratacus' army, and the subsequent delay of Claudius' triumph at Rome, an inquest, overseen by General Plautius and Narcissus, leads to the decimation of the cohort.
Cato and his fellow convicts escape their punishment and are forced to wander the British countryside, looking for a safe place to hide from their enemies, both Roman and Briton. By a twist of fate Cato finds himself in the hands of Caratacus, and gets to know him and his cause.
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eagle, prey, fifth, book, eagles, empire, series, simon, scarrow, first, edition, coverauthorsimon, scarrowcountryunited, kingdomlanguageenglishserieseagles, empiregenrehistorical, novelpublisherheadline, thomas, dunne, books, publication, date5, july, 2004med. The Eagle s Prey is the fifth book in the Eagles of the Empire series by Simon Scarrow 1 The Eagle s PreyFirst UK edition coverAuthorSimon ScarrowCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesEagles of the EmpireGenreHistorical novelPublisherHeadline UK amp Thomas Dunne Books USA Publication date5 July 2004Media typePrint Hardback amp Paperback Pages480 p paperback edition ISBN0 7553 0116 1OCLC58053216Preceded byThe Eagle and the Wolves Followed byThe Eagle s Prophecy Synopsis editThis novel is set in AD 44 during the Roman invasion of Britain During the second year of their campaign against the British tribes the Roman legions are under great pressure to complete their mission However at a crucial juncture in battle Macro and Cato s superior Centurion Maximius loses his nerve after discovering an auxiliary outpost had been massacred by British raiders and leads his cohort on a revenge mission in spite of his orders to defend a vital river crossing Macro questions Maximius orders and is allowed by his superior to take his century and guard the river crossing Maximius gets his revenge but is alerted to the danger of Macro s century and rushes back to the aid of his junior centurion However they are too late and the cohort is driven in to a tactical retreat to avoid obliteration This allows the Britons including the enemy leader Caratacus to escape Because of this failure to halt the escape of Caratacus army and the subsequent delay of Claudius triumph at Rome an inquest overseen by General Plautius and Narcissus leads to the decimation of the cohort Cato and his fellow convicts escape their punishment and are forced to wander the British countryside looking for a safe place to hide from their enemies both Roman and Briton By a twist of fate Cato finds himself in the hands of Caratacus and gets to know him and his cause References edit THE EAGLE S PREY Kirkus Reviews 1 August 2005 External links editThe Eagle s Prey on Simon Scarrow s official website nbsp This article about a war novel of the 2000s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte nbsp This article about a historical novel of the 2000s set in ancient Rome is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Eagle 27s Prey amp oldid 1178884988, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
