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Advertising 270. Rome has ruled Syria for over three decades. But now the weakened empire encounters a desperate risk: Queen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned her Roman-trained military against her past masters, and the once invincible legions have been crushed. Arabia, Palestine and Egypt have fallen, and now Antioch, Syria's capital, stands shown. Cassius Corbulo is a intelligence agent fresh from officer training. He has been allocated the menial task of rounding up wounded legionaries, but then urgent new requests arrive. He's the only rank Roman officer left in the line of the Palmyran move forward. He must take command line of the fort of Alauran, the previous stronghold still in Roman hands, and carry it up against the opponent until reinforcements appear. What Cassius discovers at Alauran would daunt the most seasoned veteran, aside from a 19- year-old without experience of war. Only scattering of divided and demoralised legionaries stay, supported by some fractious Syrian auxiliaries and a drunken Praetorian Guardsman. Along with the Palmyrans just days and nights away, Cassius must somehow find the self-control, resourcefulness and courage to organise the garrison, save Alauran and secure Rome's eastern frontier....
