Britain, A. D. 52: The western tribes are planning an uprising. While Centurion Macro nurses his wounds, Prefect Cato leads a legion against the tribal fighters. But winter is approaching. Cato and his men fight against merciless cold and deadly snowstorms. Meanwhile, Macro has a terrible suspicion. Is Cato's troop to be sacrificed in the name of an intrigue? Soon the two blood brothers realise that their enemies are lurking everywhere ...
Simon Scarrow was born in Nigeria and grew up in England. After graduating, he worked for many years as a history lecturer at Norfolk University, a job he reluctantly had to stop due to the huge success of his novels and because of time constraints.