title: Soldier of Rome: The Legionary: A novel of the Twentieth Legion during the campaigns of Germanicus Caesar
author:  James Mace 
description: <span>Multi-time Ancient History best-seller James Mace developed hispassion for history at a young age, and has made Ancient Rome a life&apos;sstudy. He penned the initial draft of his first novel, &quot;Soldier of Rome: The Legionary&quot;, as a cathartic means of escapism while serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq from 2004 to 2005. <br /><br />His well received series,&quot;Soldier of Rome - The Artorian Chronicles&quot;, is a perennial ancienthistory best-seller, as is his series about The Great Jewish Revolt andthe Year of the Four Emperors. In recent years, he has branched out into other historical eras, having written three books set in the Napoleonic Era, with a series about the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 planned for 2016.<br /><br />He can be reached via his website: legionarybooks.net<br /><br />Official Facebook page: facebook.com/legionarybooks<br /><br />Twitter: @LegionaryBooks<br /><br />Blog: legionarybooks.blogspot.com/</span>
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  STRATEGOS  
  RISE OF THE GOLDEN HEART
  
  
  by Gordon Doherty
  
  
  
  
  
  First Kindle Edition 2013
  
  
  © 2013 Gordon Doherty
  
  
  All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in any form, in whole or
  in part, without written permission from the author.
  
  
  [www.gordondoherty.co.uk](http://www.gordondoherty.co.uk)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Also by Gordon Doherty:
  
  
  
  
  
  STRATEGOS: BORN IN THE BORDERLANDS
  
  
  When the falcon has flown, the mountain lion will charge from the east, and
  all Byzantium will quake. Only one man can save the empire . . . the Haga!
  
  
  
  
  
  LEGIONARY
  
  
  Numerius Vitellius Pavo, enslaved as a boy after the death of his legionary
  father, is thrust into the border legions just before they are sent to
  recapture the long-lost eastern Kingdom of Bosporus. This sees him thrown into
  the jaws of a plot, so twisted that the survival of the entire Roman world
  hangs in the balance…
  
  
  
  
  
  LEGIONARY: VIPER OF THE NORTH
  
  
  In the frozen lands north of the Danubius a dark legend, thought