This is a story set in Roman Britain. Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young centurion is forced into retirement after a wound in his first major engagement against a rebel British tribe. It allows him the freedom to embark upon a dangerous mission to find out what happened to the Ninth Legion which, years before, disappeared in the savage lands of the Picts. Will he find out what happened to the men, led by his father, who never returned？ And will he recover the Eagle, the symbol of Roman dominance and power
作者簡介
Rosemary Sutcliff was awarded the OBE for her services to children's literature in 1975. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
