Publisher's Synopsis
A raw and inexperienced Roman legion finds itself encamped on a small hill deep in enemy territory. Dalmatian rebels surrounds the legion and is preparing to do battle the moment dawn begins to drive away the night. But disaster of divine proportions descends upon the legion. Apparently a god has decided to punish the Roman legion. A huge explosion rips apart the upper regions of the hill, instantly vaporizing over a third of the legion's strength. All of the commanding officers are dead. All . . . except one. Decimus Julius Virilis is the Camp Perfect of the legion. The third-in-command. Somehow he survives. And now he has the herculean task of whipping his men back into a fighting unit. If he fails, the Dalmatian rebels will descend out of the hills and destroy them all. And he has another herculean task. It comes to his attention the explosion was not caused by some angry god. It was man-made. If he survives the day, and if Roman arms arrives in time to save them all, he must find those who devised this massive and premeditated plan of mass murder and bring them to justice. The harsh justice of only the Roman Army accepts.
