Eagle in Exile

Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Steve Berry, Naomi Novik, and Harry Turtledove, Alan Smale's gripping alternate history series imagines a world in which the Roman Empire has survived long enough to invade North America in 1218Now the stunning story carries hero Gaius Marcellinus deeper into the culture of an extraordinary people--whose humanity, bravery, love, and ingenuity forever change his life and destiny In AD1218, Praetor Gaius Marcellinus is given the task of conquering North America and converting it into a Roman province. However, his legion is annihilated outright outside the magnificent city of Cahokia; Marcellinus is the only one spared.In the months and years that follow, Marcellinus grows to see North America as his home and the Cahokians as his relatives.Marcellinus recognizes that a weak and splintered North America won't have a chance against the returning Roman army. Worse, conflicting factions inside Cahokia threaten to tear the civilization apart just when it has to be the most cohesive and strongMarcellinus is determined to rescue the civilization that has come to mean more to him than the empirePraise for Alan Smale and Eagle in Exile In Alan Smale, speculative fiction has been dealt a winning handPart historian, part anthropologist, part scientist, Smale is a Renaissance man with a storyteller's gift for letting tireless research inform the narrative without overwhelming itSmale entertains, educates, and enraptures--Myke Cole, author of Javelin Rain Eagle in Exile] has the pace and scope of a Michener or Uris epicSmale's action scenes slash across page after page, intense and bloodyGrab your dagger and sword, for the battle continues--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Warfare, political conflict, family strife--these are all presented in an epic scope where any decision or wrong move can forever change society--Tech Times Thoroughly believable Marcellinus is a complicated man, a hero we can all get behind--Historical Novels ReviewFrom the Hardcover edition of the book.…