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Field of Mars #3
Field of Mars: Episode 3
Even a soldier fears to march into a land his gods have never known.
Struggling to believe that the horizons stretch so far, Centurion Rufinius leads the remains of Crassus's Roman army ever eastward.
His passion for Lucia intensifying, and his conflict with his own men reaching breaking point, Rufinius must demonstrate to his men and to General Saikan that he can repair this broken army.
Kept imprisoned in a wagon, the Golden Whore Lucia presents Rufinius and the hag Mena with an opportunity, but with it comes a risk that could kill them both.
Should he prevail, this peril will not be Rufinius's last. He and his men must yet answer the call of the horizon, beyond which a vast empire awaits, rich with incalculable spoils.
Struggling to believe that the horizons stretch so far, Centurion Rufinius leads the remains of Crassus's Roman army ever eastward.
His passion for Lucia intensifying, and his conflict with his own men reaching breaking point, Rufinius must demonstrate to his men and to General Saikan that he can repair this broken army.
Kept imprisoned in a wagon, the Golden Whore Lucia presents Rufinius and the hag Mena with an opportunity, but with it comes a risk that could kill them both.
Should he prevail, this peril will not be Rufinius's last. He and his men must yet answer the call of the horizon, beyond which a vast empire awaits, rich with incalculable spoils.
140 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 10, 2015
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David Rollins
21 books86 followersHiya, I'm a fiction author and I live in Sydney, Australia. I guess my best-known work is the series featuring Vin Cooper, a special agent in the United States Air Force OSI.
I have published eleven novels, which most recently includes the seventh novel in the Cooper series, the highly controversial KINGDOM COME.
I've recently discovered the joys of Substack. Come and take a look at davidrollins@substack.com where I'm also serializing BLOOD & EMPIRE, the sequel to FIELD OF MARS.
I have published eleven novels, which most recently includes the seventh novel in the Cooper series, the highly controversial KINGDOM COME.
I've recently discovered the joys of Substack. Come and take a look at davidrollins@substack.com where I'm also serializing BLOOD & EMPIRE, the sequel to FIELD OF MARS.
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September 16, 2015
Enjoyable conclusion to the trilogy, which really should just be read as one large book, since the plots are too interconnected and the writing is good enough to make you want to see what happens next. The Latin cussing alone (excrimentus) is worth the price of admission. Romans soldiers really made their time worthwhile, they lived, loved and fought like the world was on fire. This was a thoroughly entertaining speculative book about a vanished army of long ago and what might have been. Recommended.
October 21, 2015
This is really a review of the entire three episodes of Field Of Mars I have read as they are the one story and are better read in one go.
I enjoyed the story and the writing as it didn't read like a history lesson book and more like the novel it is. There was little Latin used and then mainly in the form of nouns which I find more acceptable to read. I don't want a lesson in Latin while reading a novel.
I feel this story could continue as it's the recounting of events, decades after they had occurred by an historian who had been employed to record the events of a rich man in charge of an army. This did not go as planned and this story is the recollection of the events that followed the defeat. They make for an enjoyable read. But there is more to the story.
Well worth reading.
I enjoyed the story and the writing as it didn't read like a history lesson book and more like the novel it is. There was little Latin used and then mainly in the form of nouns which I find more acceptable to read. I don't want a lesson in Latin while reading a novel.
I feel this story could continue as it's the recounting of events, decades after they had occurred by an historian who had been employed to record the events of a rich man in charge of an army. This did not go as planned and this story is the recollection of the events that followed the defeat. They make for an enjoyable read. But there is more to the story.
Well worth reading.
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