The Lions and the Wolf: The Orphan Cub - Pearson, Garrett
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In 219 BC the war clouds gather as Hannibal sacks the Spanish city of Saguntum. Rome, egocentric, belligerent and bent on supremacy of the Meditteranaean lands, cites provocation and thus war with it's old enemy, Carthage in what is known to history as the second Punic war.As the two superpowers collide; Spain, Gaul and finally Italy itself become battlegrounds as Hannibal spreads slaughter, fire and sword.Into this war of giants steps Baldor Targa of Carthage. Falsely accused and In fear of retribution, pursued and finally trapped in Numidia, Baldor fights for his life against the brother of…mehr

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In 219 BC the war clouds gather as Hannibal sacks the Spanish city of Saguntum. Rome, egocentric, belligerent and bent on supremacy of the Meditteranaean lands, cites provocation and thus war with it's old enemy, Carthage in what is known to history as the second Punic war.As the two superpowers collide; Spain, Gaul and finally Italy itself become battlegrounds as Hannibal spreads slaughter, fire and sword.Into this war of giants steps Baldor Targa of Carthage. Falsely accused and In fear of retribution, pursued and finally trapped in Numidia, Baldor fights for his life against the brother of the man he has slain. Realising he will always be a hunted man he enlists in Hannibal's army as a mercenary warrior.Suffering a baptism of fire in Spain, he then marches through Gaul and across the Alps, fighting Gallic tribes as well as snow and ice; emerging onto the northern plains of Italy to confront the legions of Consul Publius Scipio and his son Cornelius and where fate will take a twist that affects all their lives.
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Garrett Pearson was born in the UK. Growing up amidst a wealth of Roman history he developed a lifelong passion for the ancient world, its empires and the armies involved. The Orphan Cub is his first book in the series, The Lions and the Wolf.