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The Silver Eagle

The sequel, The Silver Eagle, takes back into the world of Romulus, Brennus, Tarquinius and Fabiola. The book starts off in Margiana, where The Forgotten Legion is still serving its cruel Parthian masters. A bloody attack by Scythian tribesmen leaves death and destruction in its wake, and poses a grave new danger to Romulus and his friends. Soon The Forgotten Legion will meet its greatest threat yet, one which may mean annihilation…or glory. And while there seems no tangible chance of returning to Rome, a new god – Mithras – offers some hope.

Meanwhile in Italy, Fabiola encounters the vicious slave-catcher Scaevola, a man who makes it his sole purpose to hunt her down. Caught up in the riots and unrest which threaten Rome’s very existence, Fabiola must flee to the only person who can offer her protection: her lover Brutus. But he is far away in Gaul with Caesar, desperately trying to quell the massive tribal uprising led by the charismatic chieftain Vercingetorix.

Published 4th June 2009. As of February 2010, The Silver Eagle has sold nearly 12,000 copies, which is a greater than 25% increase on The Forgotten Legion in its first year. In its second week, it reached no. 28 in the Bestellers top 50 list, and remained in the top 50 for a month. Sales have matched that of The Forgotten Legion in paperback.

6 Comments

  1. lindaannb
    Posted 7 October 2011 at 17:43 | Permalink

    I see that there are two more books. I cannot wait to read them.

    Linda Atchley

  2. Ben Kane
    Posted 7 October 2011 at 19:55 | Permalink

    @Linda: Hi, and welcome to my site! Thanks for posting – I’m glad that you’re really keen to read the next two books in the trilogy.

    After that, there’s Hannibal: Enemy of Rome, and in early 2012, Spartacus: The Gladiator!

    Happy reading!

  3. dazzerh
    Posted 25 March 2012 at 19:53 | Permalink

    fantastic read, cannot wait to get my hands on part1 and part3

  4. Ben Kane
    Posted 26 March 2012 at 11:43 | Permalink

    @dazzerh: Thanks a lot! I hope you enjoy the others too.

  5. jcertze
    Posted 15 April 2012 at 07:21 | Permalink

    Wow! I am enjoying your books greatly. Long time since i had enjoy an historic novel this much… last time was with Santiago Posteguillo’s trillogy about Escipión. Unfortunatelly i am deeply disponted by Merce Diago translation to spanish of your book… it seems to affect greatly your narrative. However i got an english version, and enjoying it even more. Can’t wait to finish the trillogy.

  6. Ben Kane
    Posted 16 April 2012 at 21:00 | Permalink

    @jcertze: Lo siento que el traducion no esta bueno. Sorry for my poor Spanish too – but I am glad that you are able to read them in English. I really want to read Posteguillo’s trilogy, but they are not in English and my Spanish is not good enough to try them in their own language :-( Saludos.

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