Savage Isle

The old ways are dying, and a mighty empire is reaching out across the sea. Britannia, 42AD. The wild island at the fringe of the known world is in chaos. Cunobelin, High King of the Britons, is dead. His heirs, warrior princes Togodubnos and Caratacos, have spurned the careful alliances that kept the irresistible might of the Roman Empire from Britannia's shores for so long. In this land of warriors, druids, and kings, riven by conflict, orphan boy Cullen must fight for survival within a tribe he despises. Captured by the Catuvellauni after a brutal raid on his own Atrebates tribe, he must find his purpose swiftly if he is to avoid the murderous attentions of the chief druid. As the Britons turn inward, jostling for dominion, avaricious eyes look on from across the Narrow Sea. The mighty legions gather . . . This is the epic story of Britain on the cusp of the Roman conquest, of a clash of civilizations and the last cries of resistance from a doomed way of life.

The Romans have landed in Britain. The invasion is over, but the war has just begun. The legions march inland, but progress is slow, hampered by vast, ancient forests, swamps, and treacherous rivers that must be crossed. But, guided by traitorous Celts blinded by self-interest, progress they do. Marshalling the fractious tribes, Caratacos plans the first major battle for the only fording point of the mighty Vaga River. Meanwhile, Cullen, now a warrior of renown, is dispatched by Aoife the Dread to seek out a mystic religious totem-the Whetstone of the smith god, Gobannos-which could help unite the bickering clans; a secret weapon of sorts. But will he be able to find the stone and return it to Aoife before the two great armies clash? The compelling second novel in the Savage Isle series, from the author of the Stryker Civil War novels.