[Reading] ➸ The Siege By Nick Brown – Rildem.co 270 AD Rome has ruled Syria for than three centuries but now the weakened empire faces a desperate threat ueen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned her Roman trained army against her former masters and the o270 AD Rome has ruled Syria for than three centuries but now the weakened empire faces a desperate threat ueen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned her Roman trained army against her former masters and the once invincible legions have been crushed Arabia Palestine and Egypt have fallen and now Antioch Syria's capital stands exposed A young intelligen.

Ce agent fresh from officer training Cassius Corbulo is the only ranking Roman officer left in the line of the Palmyran advance He must take command of the fort of Alauran the last stronghold still in Roman hands and hold it until reinforcements arrive What Cassius finds at Alauran would daunt the most seasoned veteran let alone a 19 year old.
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PDF Nick Brown ↠ PDF The Siege ePUB Ë ↠ rildem.co siege download, The Siege PDF/EPUBCassius Corbulo is a poor warrior; he is young and inexperienced As an imperial security service agent he expected to spend his service years behind a desk organising supplies To the surprise of him and the reader he is thrust into the prestigious role of Centurion His task is to organise the defence of Alauran a stronghold in the Syrian dessert and rein in its wayward defenders who have been leaderless for too long The problem is he’s straight out of officer training and has never fought in real combat nor has he expected ever to do so Conseuently he has to act the part of an experienced warrior or the men would never follow him
PDF Nick Brown ↠ PDF The Siege ePUB Ë ↠ rildem.co siege download, The Siege PDF/EPUBWhat stood out for me was the character growth of Cassius Corbulo the young sensitive inexperienced Security man leading the defense of a small garrison of Romans and Syrians pitted against an overwhelming force of ueen Zenobia's Palmyrans 270 AD The siege and climactic battle were very exciting and compare favorably with battle scenes in other novels I'm very happy the author did not feel compelled to insert love interest which
PDF Nick Brown ↠ PDF The Siege ePUB Ë ↠ rildem.co siege download, The Siege PDF/EPUBI got rather excited by the idea of this book when I saw it an actionadventure about a secret agent traveling to exotic locations where he faces off against outlandish villains for the benefit of king and country What? No not James Bond It’s some Roman called Corbulo Cassius CorbuloActually the book isn’t nearly as much Bond in a toga as I had expected Cassius is young and inexperienced and while he is a secret agent frumentarius he mainly operates as a common soldier The Palmyrans are coming and he needs to assume control of a fortress since there’s literally no one else in
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PDF Nick Brown ↠ PDF The Siege ePUB Ë ↠ rildem.co siege download, The Siege PDF/EPUBStory “The Siege” is set against the backdrop of Emperor Aurelian’s reign during the Palmeryan revolt led by ueen Zenobia The main character is a young security service officer named Cassius Corbulo who by chance gets sent far off into the desert south east of Antioch to the fort of Alauran so as to coordinate the defense against a potential invasion force – strategically important due to its water source Corbulo’s mission seems impossible at first glance having to deal with inward doubts insecurities in his soldiery and leadership skills – a 19 years of age youth assigned to command battle hardened men it does sound hilarious; while at same time he faces the challenges of the new command posting – a decaying fort inhabited by a group of unpaid apathetic legionaries whose only concerns are for fillin
PDF Nick Brown ↠ PDF The Siege ePUB Ë ↠ rildem.co siege download, The Siege PDF/EPUBThis review was first published in the Historical Novel Review270 AD ueen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned on her erstwhile master Rome She has sent her armies across Arabia Egypt and Syria to sweep away the weakened Roman forces Antioch now stands exposed with only the small garrison at the fort of Alauran standing in her armies’ pathCassius Corbulo is new to the Roman ranks He’s the privileged son of a noble family untested unbloodied and ill prepared Nevertheless his rank in the secret service—agents derisively known as the grain men—ualifies him to act as a centurion and he is sent off with only h
PDF Nick Brown ↠ PDF The Siege ePUB Ë ↠ rildem.co siege download, The Siege PDF/EPUBCassias Corbulo is a fresh grain officer who has been dropped into the role of defending a key resource with a rag tag group of soldiers With a much larger contingent of the enemy on the way he must pull this group together to defend Rome’s interests and save his own lifeWith so many books set in Roman Britain that I have been reading lately it was nice to get a different picture of the vast Roman Empire Syria is such a completely foreign pla
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