Rome’s last light has gone out, but its embers still burn.
John Grant, once of the Garde Écossaise and lately a defender of doomed Constantinople, has escaped with little more than his wits, his blade, and a handful of comrades: Richard Ashton, an English longbowman with a thief’s grin; Katrin, the quartermaster who keeps men honest and hungry for work; and Eirene, young, watchful, and learning fast. They make landfall in Corfu with a captured Ottoman galley and no future worth the name.
Across the Adriatic and Epirus, petty wars and proud cities pay in silver and betrayal. Venice smiles with knives behind its back. The Sultan’s shadow lengthens. And a noblewoman with Greek blood and Venetian power offers coin and complications.
Steel speaks. Oaths crack. Men choose who they are when the pay runs out.
From tavern alleys to moonlit coves, from deck fights to broken field lines, the Ashborn Company learns its trade the hard way. Every choice carries a cost: take the rich contract and stain the ledger, or hold to honour and go hungry. As Ottoman power creeps along the coast, the right stand in the wrong place could be the making or the end of them all.
Brutal, authentic, and driven by loyal hearts under hard mail, Shadow of the Eagle: Mercenaries in the Ashes of Rome continues a mercenary saga for readers who want their history with grit and soul. Fans of Ben Kane, Christian Cameron, David Gemmell, and Joe Abercrombie will feel at home here.
Genre: Thriller
John Grant, once of the Garde Écossaise and lately a defender of doomed Constantinople, has escaped with little more than his wits, his blade, and a handful of comrades: Richard Ashton, an English longbowman with a thief’s grin; Katrin, the quartermaster who keeps men honest and hungry for work; and Eirene, young, watchful, and learning fast. They make landfall in Corfu with a captured Ottoman galley and no future worth the name.
Across the Adriatic and Epirus, petty wars and proud cities pay in silver and betrayal. Venice smiles with knives behind its back. The Sultan’s shadow lengthens. And a noblewoman with Greek blood and Venetian power offers coin and complications.
Steel speaks. Oaths crack. Men choose who they are when the pay runs out.
From tavern alleys to moonlit coves, from deck fights to broken field lines, the Ashborn Company learns its trade the hard way. Every choice carries a cost: take the rich contract and stain the ledger, or hold to honour and go hungry. As Ottoman power creeps along the coast, the right stand in the wrong place could be the making or the end of them all.
Brutal, authentic, and driven by loyal hearts under hard mail, Shadow of the Eagle: Mercenaries in the Ashes of Rome continues a mercenary saga for readers who want their history with grit and soul. Fans of Ben Kane, Christian Cameron, David Gemmell, and Joe Abercrombie will feel at home here.
Genre: Thriller
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