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Clash of Legions: Empire XIV

Empire, Book 14

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Clash of Legions: Empire XIV

By: Anthony Riches
Narrated by: Damian Lynch
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Two emperors - one must fall

Marcus Aquila and his patron Rutlius Scaurus have fought a superior enemy force to a standstill in Thracia, gaining the favour of the gods but paying a grievous cost in their family's blood.
Battle-weary and mourning their losses, they are tasked with rooting out a spy ring operating in the lands into which their imperial master Severus's armies are advancing.

Hunting down informers operating under the skilled and ruthless command of their sworn enemy Sartorius, spymaster to the usurper Niger, will not be easy. But the potential to turn his intelligence network, and thereby deceive and distract the enemy, might land a war-winning blow on the army of the east.

The quest to find and subvert their foes' informers will place the two friends at great risk, with torture and death the price of any mistake. While success will put them in the front rank of a bitter battle against battle hardened legions, hungry for revenge, in a bloody struggle to determine the fate of Asia's loyalty.

And Scaurus is a man with a powerful threat still hanging over him, a curse imploring the gods to fell him at the very moment of his greatest victory.

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What has happened to Saul? This narrator needs to get voices for individual characters . Probably better to read this book and imagine Saul reading it. The story however continued to develop and provides excellent historical references while wrapping our characters in more danger and adventures.

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I have been with this series since the start, previously either in book form, occasionally Kindle, this was my first audio book. I found that I could not wait for any opportunity to listen to the latest adventures of Marcus Aquila and his band of brothers, sorry “familia”. I thought the book had all the elements of a novel set in Ancient Rome, battle scenes, espionage. I particularly liked the interplay between Marcus and friends, the griping, cynicism common to soldiery and scheming, often humorous, all set in a period often overlooked by writers of this genre.
As for the narration, my hearing is not great. My need is for good clear diction, that is what the narrator delivered for me. He did not go overboard in trying to deliver every character with a different voice and there were a number of occasions that had me particularly chuckling at the bickering between members of the familia. So thank you to the narrator from me
On to book 15 please.

An excellent addition to the Empire series,

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another great chapter but I do miss Saul, who sadly passed away in 2013 as narrator.

another good one but RIP Saul Reichlin

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I have really enjoyed the series and the stories but this is the first audible reading I have been really disappointed in. Lack luster reading. Bring back Saul Reichlin

Good story - lack luster reading

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RIP Saul R- your narration will be sorely missed in this series, you brought these characters to life, gave them unique and believable voices. unfortunately the new narrator has not been able to take over, the characters sound the same, its hard to tell when a new character is speaking and it took away my enjoyment of a series I have so far loved

not a fan of the new narrator

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