AD 406. Abandoned by friends and hounded by enemies, Roman cavalry
commander Marcus Flavius Victor and a small band of loyal warriors know
that the time has come to leave an increasingly fractured Britannia.
Their journey takes them across the bleak, pirate-infested seas of the
Mare Germanicum to Saxonia and on into the dark heart of barbarism. It
seems the Britons' only salvation lies with an old comrade, General
Stilicho - based far to the east but still within the sanctuary of the
Empire. But the general has troubles of his own: his influence with the
Emperor Honorius is waning, and a great warrior people are on the
march - for Radagaisus, king of the Ostrogoths, has promised his
subjects all the riches of Italia, and they will leave a sea of Roman
bones in their wake.
But as Marcus and his companions battle their way towards what they hope
will a safe haven of sorts, they stumble across a secret which could
decide the fate of the Empire. But who can they really trust, and can
Marcus reach Stilicho in time - because his every step is dogged by a
son who wants him dead...
Set during the desperate twilight years of Rome's once all-powerful
empire, The Barbarian is the action-packed and thrillingly authentic
new historical novel from one of the genre's very best.
