**Set during the twilight years of Rome’s once all-powerful empire, *The Barbarian *is the action-packed, thrillingly authentic new historical novel from one of the genre’s best.* ***’Exhilarating reading . . . full of incident and adventure’* ** SCOTSMAN * **’Jackson has created another blockbuster historical fiction’* ** ASPECTS OF HISTORY * **’Rightly hailed as one of the best historical novelists writing today’* ** DAILY EXPRESS ***AD 406.* *Abandoned by friends and hounded by enemies, Roman cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor and a small band of loyal warriors know that the time has come to leave an increasingly fractured Britannia. Their journey takes them across the bleak, pirate-infested seas of the Mare Germanicum to Saxonia and on into the dark heart of barbarism. It seems the Britons’ only salvation lies with an old comrade, General Stilicho – based far to the east but still within the sanctuary of the Empire. But the general has troubles of his own: his influence with the Emperor Honorius is waning, and a great warrior people are on the march – for Radagaisus, king of the Ostrogoths, has promised his subjects all the riches of Italia, and they will leave a sea of Roman bones in their wake. But as Marcus and his companions battle their way towards what they hope will a safe haven of sorts, they stumble across a secret which could decide the fate of the Empire. But who can they really trust, and can Marcus reach Stilicho in time – because his every step is dogged by a son who wants him dead…* *Praise for Douglas Jackson:* * ‘Amazing historical novel, such a treat to read’ ***** ‘WOW . . . WHAT A STORY’ **** * ‘Jackson continues to excel in his books’*** ** ‘Full of action, interesting characters, great battle scenes’ **** * ‘DOUGLAS JACKSON IS ONE HECK OF A WRITER’*** **