In the fifth novel in Harry Sidebottom's acclaimed and
bestselling historical fiction series, Ballista returns in Warrior
of Rome: The Wolves of the North to undertake yet another epic
mission - while the Roman Empire reels in chaos around him. AD 263
- the Roman Empire is close to turmoil, violent uprising
threatening to shatter the fragile balance of power. In the north,
the tribes are increasingly bold in their raids on the Imperium -
their savagery unlike anything Rome has known before. Ballista must
undertake his most treacherous journey yet - a covert attempt to
turn the barbarians against each other. He must face the Heruli -
the Eaters of Flesh, the Wolves of the North - the most brutal
tribe of them all. As Ballista and his retinue make their journey,
someone - or something - is hunting them, picking them off one by
one, and leaving a trail of mutilated corpses and terror. Ballista
is in a strange land, among strange people, but is it possible that
the greatest threat may come from within his own familia?
