Marius' Mules IV: Conspiracy of Eagles

Published in 2012 by Simon Turney

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THE MARIUS’ MULES SERIES:

Marius’ Mules: The Invasion of
Gaul
(2009)

It is 58 BC and the mighty Tenth Legion, camped in
Northern Italy
, prepare for the arrival of the most notorious general in Roman history: Julius Caesar. Marcus Falerius Fronto, commander of the Tenth is a career soldier and long-time companion of Caesar's. Despite his desire for the simplicity of the military life, he cannot help but be drawn into intrigue and politics as Caesar engineers a motive to invade the lands of
Gaul
. Fronto is about to discover that politics can be as dangerous as battle, that old enemies can be trusted more than new friends, and that standing close to such a shining figure as Caesar, even the most ethical of men risk being burned.

Marius’ Mules II: The Belgae (2010)

57BC. The fearsome Belgae have gathered a great army to oppose Rome and Fronto and the legions assemble once more to take Caesar’s war against the most dangerous tribes in the northern world. While the legions battle the Celts in the fiercest war of Caesar’s career, the plots and conspiracies against him, both at
Rome
and among his own army, become ever deeper and more dangerous.

Marius’ Mules III:
Gallia
Invicta (2011)

It is 56BC. As Fronto and his friends winter in
Rome
and Caesar in
Illyricum
, trouble is brewing in the north. The tribes of
Armorica
, driven to desperate action by the harsh rule of Crassus, raise their standards in defiance of the Roman eagle, causing a chain reaction that threatens everything the legions of Caesar have achieved. Can the general's commanders stamp out the fires of rebellion before the whole of
Gaul
is ablaze? Meanwhile, in
Rome
, the conspiracies against Caesar take an unexpected turn, plunging Fronto and his friends into a world of crime, violence and intrigue that threaten everything the legate cares about. The city is in turmoil and the republic is teetering on the brink of disaster. In a year that takes the legions and their commanders to the heaving Atlantic Ocean, the treacherous valleys of the Pyrenees, and the seething underbelly of the gt city in the world, everything is about to change for Marcus Falerius Fronto.

TALES OF THE EMPIRE (HISTORICAL FANTASY)

Interregnum (2009)

For twenty years civil war has torn the Empire apart; the Imperial line extinguished as the mad Emperor Quintus burned in his palace, betrayed by his greatest general. Against a background of war, decay, poverty and violence, men who once served in the proud Imperial army now fight as mercenaries, hiring themselves to the greediest lords. On a hopeless battlefield that same general, now a mercenary captain tortured by the events of his past, stumbles across hope in the form of a young man begging for help. Kiva is forced to face more than his dark past as he struggles to put his life and the very Empire back together. The last scion of the Imperial line will change Kiva forever.

Ironroot (2010)

Captain Varro of the Fourth army is about to have the worst day of his life. Wounded in battle and fearing for his life and his future, he stumbles upon a plot that reaches deep into the past and into the roots of everything in which he believes. Accompanied by a young engineer from his unit and the daughter of his commander in chief, he begins to unpeel layers of treachery and murder that threaten not only himself, but the people that he loves. Ironroot is a tale of treason and revenge set in the world of the Interregnum, some twenty years after the events of that book.

Dark Empress (2011)

The desert nomads have a saying: "When something is broken it should never be discarded. So long as the pieces remains, the whole can be remade." A time of trials, war and terror is coming to the desert city of
M'Dahz
, the Empire's southern bastion. As the Empire's government falters and crumbles, the people suffer. But Samir, Ghassan and Asima, childhood friends and citizens of M'Dahz, are about to discover that while people change the world, the world also changes people and that the best and worst of folk are forged in hardship.

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Dramatis Personae (List of Principal Characters)

The Command Staff:

Gaius Julius Caesar:
Politician, general and governor.

Aulus Ingenuus:
Commander of Caesar’s Praetorian Cohort.

Cita:
Chief quartermaster of the army.

Quintus Atius Varus:
Commander of the Cavalry.

Quintus Titurius Sabinus:
Senior lieutenant of Caesar.

Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta:
Lieutenant of Caesar

Quintus Tullius Cicero:
Staff officer and brother of the great orator.

Titus Labienus:
Senior lieutenant of Caesar.

Mamurra:
Famous engineer favoured by Caesar

Gnaeus Vinicius Priscus:
Former primus pilus of the Tenth, now camp prefect of the army.

Seventh Legion:

Quintus Tullius Cicero:
Legate and brother of the great orator.

Titus Terrasidius:
Senior Tribune.

Publius Tertullus:
Junior Tribune.

Gaius Pinarius Rusca:
Junior Tribune.

Lutorius:
Primus pilus of the Seventh

Lucius Fabius
:
C
enturion of the third century, first cohort

Tullus Furius
:
C
enturion of the second century, first cohort