![]() ![]() I picked up the Eagle of the Ninth when I was in Year 12 at High School. The desperate flight south through Scotland had me thinking of Richard Hannay’s flight across the same landscape almost two millennia later. If Marcus is successful in locating it, he’ll still need to get it back to the safety of Roman occupied territory. Finding the missing eagle is only half the battle. This story seems like capture the flag on steroids. Just as Marcus begins to contemplate his future, he gets the opportunity to head into the north country to see if he can find out what happened to the lost legion and recover their eagle. Marcus’s uncle has retired in Britain, and Marcus goes there to heal from the battle wound that has left him lame for life. Not long after Marcus takes command, his men must defend the fort against a British uprising. ![]() Marcus’s father was part of the lost Ninth Legion, which disappeared after marching north beyond Hadrian’s wall. Roman centurion Marcus Flavius Aquila has his first command, and, at his request, it’s in Roman Britain. ![]()
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