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by James Mace (Author)
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  • Paperback: 308 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse.com (17 Nov 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 059541737X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595417377
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 186,874 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Rome's VengeanceIn the year A.D. 9, three Roman Legions under Quintilius Varus were betrayed by the Germanic war chief, Arminius, and then destroyed in the forest known as Teutoburger Wald. Six years later, Rome is finally ready to unleash Her vengeance on the barbarians. The Emperor Tiberius has sent Germanicus Caesar, his adopted son, into Germania with an army of 40,000 legionaries. They come not on a mission of conquest, but one of annihilation. With them is a young Legionary named Artorius. For him, the war is a personal vendetta-a chance to avenge his brother, who was killed in Teutoburger Wald.In Germania, Arminius knows the Romans are coming. He realizes that the only way to fight the Romans is through deceit, cunning, and plenty of well-placed brute force. In truth, he is leery of Germanicus, knowing that he was trained to be a master of war by the Emperor himself.The entire Roman Empire held its breath as Germanicus and Arminius faced each other in what would become the most brutal and savage campaign the world had seen in a generation; a campaign that could only end in a holocaust of fire and blood.

From the Author
Special thanks to all who have read and enjoyed my first novel, "Soldier of Rome: The Legionary." I wish to take this opportunity to update all of my readers on the status of the series. The second book, "Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt" is at the publisher (as of December 2007) with an anticipated publishing date sometime around March 2008. I am currently working on the third book, "Soldier of Rome: Heir to Rebellion" and hope to have it available sometime during the first part of 2009.It also has my contact information so that readers may email me. I look forward to hearing from my readers in the U.K.! With best regards,

James

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48 of 60 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Gritty, Fast paced and Very Enjoyable, 20 Dec 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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Much has been written in the history books about this factual event that took place 9 AD, under the reign of Augustus. Was it a tactical error on the part of Quintillus Varrus, newly appointed Governor of Germany and leader of a Roman army of approximately 16,500 men, that led to them being wiped out to the man, in a German forest. This number of men relates to approximately 3 Roman legions, their three cavalry alae and on top of this number, all of the camp followers who may have amounted to as many as 10,000 souls. The general consensus is that Varrus who ended up taking his own life, was betrayed by the war chief Arminius.

This work of fiction takes this extraordinary event as the start of what is a gritty, brutal and extremely readable novel. Time has moved on several years and it is time for Rome to make its retaliatory move. There was no conceivable way that Rome could allow this to go unpunished and the Emperor Tiberius is about to unleash the equivalent of more than six Legions, almost forty thousand men. Not to give the Germanic tribes a lesson, they will never forget, that is not the way the Roman mind works. This is a campaign to annihilate the barbarians from the face of the earth. If all goes to Emperor's plan it will be as if Arminus and his Germanic nation had never even existed. Neatly entwined within the story is one man's fight for vengeance. A young Legionary named Artorius. For him, the war is a personal and his one chance to avenge his brother killed in the forest massacre.

The book is a work of fiction moulded around fact and is all the better and more plausable for that fact. The author has obviously researched well and the book, particularly for those who like all things Roman is a good read.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Soldier of US oops I mean Rome, 23 Jun 2008
By Paul Maton (Hertfordshire) - See all my reviews
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This is my first review and I have felt compelled to write it. I think the authors final acknowledgement `to my brothers-in-arm that I served with in the Iraq war. You are the Legionaries of this age', really sums up the book (noting I have no issue with his sentiment). James Mace has transported his experience of a modern army and applied it to a Roman army of AD 9-15 and I regret it doesn't work and grates from very early on. There are also a number of phrases or situations that seem very familiar from recent epics and other books - the use of Centurion Macro (Scarrow)for example. The treatment of the battle of Teutoburg Forest is perfunctory at best as is the view on Varus (I would recommend Adrian Murdoch's Rome's Greatest Defeat). The life in the legion is idealised and the sudden switch to barbarian atrocities appears formulaic, albeit the the style improves later in the book. In addition the hero of the piece, Artorius, has no flaws and turns out to be the best trainee, lover, legionary etc and he will, I suspect, by book 2 be the best swordsman in the legion, this just detracts from any authenticity that the book has. James Mace refers to his divine `gift' - when compared to Simon Scarrow, Manda Scott, Conn Iggulden, David Gemmell, Steven Saylor et al - sorry Mace just isn't in their league and this book will disappoint if not annoy (and I really tried to like it).
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Proof readers faults.., 16 May 2008
By P. Mitchell (Italy) - See all my reviews
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Like a previous reveiwer I found the subject and the story very well chosen and researched. However it was extremely annoying to come across so many 'typo' faults, very early one character was grasping for branches to pull himself out of mud twice in one paragraph, plus the awful modern American verbology...such as having Roman casualties 'impacting' the ground, a Centurion referring to his troops as 'guys'. There are some failed attempts at being a tad too clever such as a spear in the throat eventually tearing out an 'oesophagus', while apparently leaving the other structures in the throat intact.
If the author could be a touch less modern American and get a new proof reader he will do extremely well.
Peter Mitchell.
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