Description
Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Empire of Dragons is set in Anatolia, AD 260. The Roman outpost of Edessa is on its last legs after the Persian siege, and Roman Emperor Publius Licinius Valerianus agrees to meet his adversary to negotiate peace. But the meeting is a trap and the Emperor ends up in enemy hands, along with the commander of his personal guard, Marcus Metellus Aquila, and ten of his most valiant and trusted men. Their destiny is sealed: they will rot away in a mine, forced into slavery.
But Metellus - legate of the Second Augusta Legion, hero of the empire - and his men break free and find shelter at an oasis, where they meet a mysterious, exiled prince. The Romans become the prince's private militia, agreeing to safeguard the prince's journey back to his homeland, Sera Maior, the mythical Kingdom of Silk - China.
And so they begin an extraordinary and epic journey through the forests of India, the Himalayan mountains, the deserts of central Asia, all the way to the heart of China - as the very survival of the world's greatest two empires is at stake.
A sensational, action-packed Roman adventure from the bestselling author of the Alexander trilogy and The Last Legion
About the Author
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is professor of classical archaeology at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan. He has published numerous works of fiction, including The Last Legion and the Alexander trilogy, which has been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in sixty-two countries. He has written and hosted documentaries on the ancient world, and has written screenplays for cinema and television.
Book Information
ISBN 9781447276739
Author Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 24mm
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