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 The Eagle Series is a series of historical novels by Simon Scarrow that take place in The Roman Empire, to be exact in the times of Emperor Claudius. Its main characters are legionaries Lucius Cornelius Macro and Quintus Lucinius Cato, who become involved in a great number of conspiracies that only affect them because they are either the Right Men In The Wrong Place or because they are ordered to fulfill a certain mission.To date, there are twenty-three volumes in the series:Under The Eagle (2000): Cato arrives to the Second Legion, posted in Germania, and meets veteran centurion Macro. After some fighting against barbarian troops, the Second Legion is sent to Britain, where Macro and Cato will have to find a coffer lost during Julius Caesar's earlier invasion of Britain...The Eagle's Conquest (2001): the conquest of Britain continues. The Britons under Caractacus have fortified the city of Camulodunum, and it is the task of the Legions to trap and defeat the Britons. Vespasianus, the Second Legion legatus, has to deal with his wife's links to a group that wants to restore the Republic, while Cato has to deal with his first love, and a conspiracy is readying itself to kill Emperor Claudius, who is coming to visit Britain in order to lead the victory over the natives...When the Eagle Hunts (2002): the Roman army general Plautius' family are shipwrecked in a storm as they came to Britain, and are captured by a brutal sect of Druids that demands the hand-over of several members of their brotherhood that have been imprisoned. Macro and Cato present themselves voluntaries for the task of rescuing the family, but the constant war and reluctance of most natives to collaborate makes it a race against time before they are sacrificed...The Eagle and the Wolves (2003): as the campaign in Britain continues, Macro and Cato are tasked with training an army formed by people of the allied Atrebate kingdom, so that they can help protect the supply trains that feed General Plautius' army. However, rebellion seems near among the Atrebates, as its king is old, and a conspiracy looks forward to his death in order to cease the Atrebate's collaboration with Rome...The Eagle's Prey (2004): during what was expected to be the last fight of the invasion of Britain, a tactical mistake by Macro and Cato's commander provokes a near catastrophe that allows Caractacus to escape alive. Their cohort is then forced to carry out the horrible punishment of decimation, where one out of ten men is killed by his own partners. When Cato is chosen by luck to be killed, Macro decides to give him a chance of survival by freeing him and the other to-be-killed men, and soon Cato finds a way to cast away the death sentence that hangs over him...The Eagle's Prophecy (2005): a pirate lord assaults a ship that carries several important documents, so important that he feels he can blackmail Narcissus (Emperor Claudius' most trusted man) himself over the content of the documents. The imperial secretary decides to send Macro and Cato, the two best men he can count with, to recover those documents and imprison the pirates. On the while, they must deal with a traitor that manages to send word to the pirates of the navy's every move, and with other potential clients to the documents, which are far more important than what Macro and Cato know...The Eagle in the Sand (2006): the governor of Syria is suspect of conspiring to become Emperor, so Cato and Macro are sent to the province of Judea to prevent a revolt that might give the governor the resources he needs to start such an attack. Sent to Fort Bushir, they have to deal with obstructing, corrupt officers, apathetic soldiers and a potential revolt led by Bannus, a former follower of a prophet called Yehoshuah that now proclaims to be the Mas-schiah...Centurion (2008): fresh from their victory against Bannus, Cato and Macro are finally destined to Syria in order to directly deal with Longinus, governor of Syria, and his suspicious movements, as he is still planning to take the Imperial purple. Their rest, however, becomes short after long-time enemy Parthia starts to makes moves towards the Kingdom of Palmyra, an ally of Rome, and one of its king's sons starts a revolt, supported by the Parthians. Macro and Cato will have to travel to Palmyra and work to prevent the current king from losing power, but unexpected events will happen that will change their lives forever...The Gladiator (2009): Macro, Cato, Sempronius and the latter's daughter, Julia, leave Syria for Rome to give an account of what happened in the two former's last job, and for Cato's marriage with Julia. An earthquake hits Crete just as their ship travels near, and the wave forces them to set anchors on Crete's nearest harbor. Once there, the four start helping to restore order and civilization to the nearly destroyed cities of southern Crete. However, the earthquake has given all slaves in the southern half of the island the chance to run away and recover their freedom, and amongst them there is an old enemy of Macro and Cato that has sworn to bring about the death of Rome and of the two men that got him sold to slavery...The Legion (2010): Macro and Cato continue their pursuit of Ajax and his rebel slaves as they flee to Egypt.Praetorian (2011): Macro and Cato are sent undercover to the Praetorian Guard to act as pawns in the games being played between the two factions of Freedmen in the Imperial Court - those who support Britannicus as Claudius' heir and those who favour his adopted son, Nero. They will have to fight thugs, gladiators and traitors within the Guard itself who seek to go as far as killing the Emperor in the name of ambition.The Blood Crows (2013): Macro and the newly minted Prefect Cato are sent once more to Britannia to command a fort of Legionaries and Auxiliaries beyond the frontier in the Welsh Mountains where Caratacus is once more rallying those who would fight Rome to his banner. Before they can take the fight to the enemy Cato must first wrest control of the fort from Centurion Quertes, A Thracian Auxiliary who seeks to wage his own private war of brutality against the Silurian tribe.Brothers in Blood (2015): Macro and Cato are with the army tasked with running Caratacus to ground and ending the war for good, but are unaware of a secret plot to open a second front against the Roman invaders.Britannia (2016): A wounded Macro remains behind in charge of the fort, while Cato spearheads the effort to finally capture Caratacus.Invictus (2017): Recalled to Rome, Macro and Cato are attached to a Praetorian Guard unit sent to the famously unconquerable province of Hispania.Day of the Caesars (2018): In the aftermath of Emperor Claudius's death, Cato and Macro are caught between the rival factions in the ensuing power struggle.The Blood of Rome (2018): Cato and Macro, now the leaders of an elite unit of Praetorians, are sent to Armenia to help General Corbulo throw back the Parthian invasion and restore King Rhadamistus to his throne.Traitors of Rome (2019): Posted to the Empire's eastern border, Cato and Macro must keep one eye on the hostile Parthians and the other on a potential traitor in their own ranks.The Emperor's Exile (2020): Recalled to Rome in disgrace, Cato is assigned the humiliating task of escorting Emperor Nero's recently-denounced mistress to Sardinia, where he faces a potential revolt.The Honour of Rome (2022): Retired from the Army, Macro is given a grant of land in Britannia, and intends to settle for a simple life with his elderly mother. But organized crime is reaching its talons into the province, and Macro knows he can't trust the local authorities.Death to the Emperor (2023): Macro and Cato are reunited in Britannia just in time for the Iceni Revolt to kick off.Rebellion (2023): After Camulodunum is sacked, Cato rushes towards Londinium with Governor Suetonius's army, but is devastated to learn that Macro is among those unaccounted for.Revenge of Rome (2024): Macro and Cato face off with Boudica for the last time.And one short story:
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