The Scorpion's Strike: Empire X

In "The Scorpion's Strike," the latest installment of Anthony Riches' Empire sequence, readers are transported to the tumultuous second century AD, where Marcus Aquila continues his relentless pursuit of justice after his family's tragic fragmentation due to imperial assassins. Following a narrow escape from betrayal in the German forest, Marcus and his comrades are dispatched to Gaul, where an outlaw named Maturnus is inciting rebellion among deserters and freed slaves. As Marcus grapples with the memories of Rome and the threat posed by the Praetorians leading their expedition, he realizes that danger has followed him to this new front.