Ten years after Crassus's legions were slaughtered at Carrhae, the survivors are still fighting — just not for Rome.
Tribune Rufinius and his hardened cohort now serve Zhizhi, a Xiongnu chanyu battling to unite a divided empire on the steppe. Rufinius has built a new life on the grasslands — a command, a wife, a fragile peace — but loyalty out here is currency, and the price of survival is fighting someone else's war.
Two thousand miles east, in the glittering, treacherous court of Chang'an, Wang Zhaojun is traded in marriage to buy an uneasy peace between two empires that don't trust each other.
When Zhizhi marches to war against a rival chanyu—and against Han China itself—Roman discipline collides with steppe cunning and imperial ambition. Soldier and princess alike are about to discover exactly what they're willing to sacrifice for a home they may never see again.
Blood & Empire is Book II of the Collision series.
Genre: Historical
Tribune Rufinius and his hardened cohort now serve Zhizhi, a Xiongnu chanyu battling to unite a divided empire on the steppe. Rufinius has built a new life on the grasslands — a command, a wife, a fragile peace — but loyalty out here is currency, and the price of survival is fighting someone else's war.
Two thousand miles east, in the glittering, treacherous court of Chang'an, Wang Zhaojun is traded in marriage to buy an uneasy peace between two empires that don't trust each other.
When Zhizhi marches to war against a rival chanyu—and against Han China itself—Roman discipline collides with steppe cunning and imperial ambition. Soldier and princess alike are about to discover exactly what they're willing to sacrifice for a home they may never see again.
Blood & Empire is Book II of the Collision series.
Genre: Historical
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