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Praetorian: Blades of Antioch

Praetorian, Book 6

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Praetorian: Blades of Antioch

By: S. J. A. Turney
Narrated by: Piers Hampton
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Rome has a new emperor; a strong emperor. Septimius Severus, a lion of the battlefield, now moves east to face the usurper Pescennius Niger, contesting with a clever opponent with the ultimate prize in the balance: the throne of Rome.

But with civil war raging all across the East, problems abound. One of the frumentarii, the emperor's military agents, has gone missing in Arabia, and with him has gone a list of the service's personnel.

With just a slave familiar with the east, Rufinus sets off for an outpost on the edge of the empire, seeking the missing agent in an attempt to save all those on the list before it falls into enemy hands. A war-torn land, treachery and violence await…

©2021 S J A Turney (P)2023 W.F.Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Ancient Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Military Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction War Rome
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f surprising the reader .I just love how the story fits in with sources written at the time . I have Learnt allot about Roman History from the series

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Another instalment in a fabulous series.
Well written, with accuracy to the sights , sounds and smells of ancient Rome.
The fiction intertwines with fact and makes for a gripping listening.

Only one complaint- why does Senova keep getting herself into difficult , dangerous situations? She’s a real Roman pain in the arse.
Sort out this character as her pig headed behaviour messes the story up.
If you want to be authentic - a good old Roman rollicking or a disciplining should hopefully sort her out.
No one can be that thick and stubborn after all the tight squeezes she’s got herself into.

Brilliant book in a brilliant series

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As always, a great story which I listened to long into the night. Roll in the next one!

Great Tale

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Again, absolutely nailed it with a gripping story, great characters and performance, if you’re this far in the series I’m sure you already know what a great read this is though.

Great stuff

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The main problem with this series is that we’re expected to see honour in one man’s service to the most corrupt of corrupt empires. I know you can wang on about how no one at the time knew or but honestly, this is just a shitty bit of Roman history and no one in their right mind would feel real loyalty to any of these snakes. I was very pleased to see the author address, with a nice line in humour, the lead character’s inability to stay with one service for longer than a week!

Not actually a Praetorian in this one.

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