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A shocking discovery in a Native American burial ground in present-day North Carolina reveals a history-changing link to ancient Rome.
In 55 B.C. the Roman Senate orders their most honored general, Demetrius Varinica, to cease mourning his wife and return to Rome to lead a fleet on an ill-fated invasion. The general and a handful of survivors from the devastated Fifteenth Legion wash up on an unknown shore and find themselves in a terrifying new world where every moment is a battle to stay alive.
Befriended by a peaceful tribe, these hardened warriors learn a different way of life, existing with nature, without war, without fighting. But even as a new day dawns, a terrifying evil falls upon the land and confronts Demetrius with an unthinkable choice, honor his oath, and return with his men to Rome or remain in this strange country and pick up his sword once again to face impossible odds in a desperate attempt to save the lives of these gentle people and the woman who has won his heart.
©2019 Richard Blade (P)2020 Richard Blade
In this story though the idea was good, I struggle with the way how the Romans reached the Americas in the first place. Even for such an idea the way how they do it, has to be at least somewhat plausibel. Moreover a lot of facts on Roman battle dates, life during Roman times, available vegetables in Europe and the Americas, racism in the Roman Empire, behaviour of grizzlys etc. are plain wrong.
Some examples:
- getting lost at sea somewhere west of France would never cause a damaged ship with no sails to reach the Americas. The gulf current is just to strong and would push the ship to the east. It would have to be west of Africa and then the ship would likely have reached south america or the carribean.
- grapes and thus wine wasn't known to native americans and tomatoes/potatoes weren't known to the Romans. Something that was introduced in Europe only after Columbus' journeys
- greek fire was not invented before the Byzantine Empire and I doubt that Romans would ship an earlier version of it on a ship to conquer Britain (especially not on the ship of the commanding General)
- the concept of racism based on skin colour is nothing that the Romans knew. That was only introduced by modern imperialism in the 17th/18th century.
I could go on various points but I leave it at that. However I admit, someone who hasn't got a good understanding on history might not even discover these "errors".
Important also: as a European I struggle with the American accents of Latin words and names. That keeps me just from being immersed in the story. And you will notice that, as an author, Richard Blade is not very well trained in speaking various roles and characters. I kept struggling to follow which character is actually speaking.
Overall nice idea and story but I had the feeling it was the authors first book/project. And I guess he will develop over time.
Nice idea, but poorely executed!
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