***From bestselling author Douglas Jackson, a gripping and visceral novel of the Roman invasion of Britain, for fans of Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow.* ** **What stands out are Jackson’s superb battle scenes. I lost myself in the riveting depictions of combat . . . I was gripped from start to finish. — Ben Kane.* * **You will be reading this and saying to yourself, Just one more page!… -*** **Reader review.* * **THIS is the story I was waiting on! -*** **Reader review.** ** * * * ** EMPEROR OF ROME. CONQUEROR OF BRITAIN.** ** 43 AD. Southern England**. **Caratacus** , war chief of the Britons, watches as the scarlet cloaks of the Roman legions spread across his lands like blood. In Rome, **Emperor Claudius** desires total conquest and dreams of taking his place in history alongside his illustrious forebears Caesar and Augustus. Among the legions marches **Rufus** , keeper of the Emperor’s elephant. **War is coming** and the united tribes of Britain will make a desperate stand against the might of Rome in their fight for freedom. The Emperor has a very special purpose for Rufus and his elephant in the midst of the battle – **will the Gods favour him?** **Have you read *Caligula* – where Rufus’s adventures begin?**