Rome: The Eagle of the Twelfth - M C Scott

Throughout the Roman Army, the brutal XIIth Legion is notorious for its ill fortune. For one young man, Demalion of Macedon, joining it will be a baptism of fire. And yet, amid all of the violence and savagery of his life as a legionary, he will come to love the Twelfth and the bloody minded, dark-hearted soldiers he calls his brothers.

But during the punishing Judaean campaign, the Hebrew army inflict a catastrophic defeat upon the legion – not only decimating their ranks, but taking away their soul – the eagle.

There is just one final chance to save the legion’s honour – to steal it back. To do that, Demalion and his legionaries must go undercover into Jerusalem, into the very heart of their enemy, where discovery will mean the worst of