War still rages at the edge of empire while centurion Albinus Silus fights at its beating heart.
Gone is the boy who joined the legions.
What remains is a man torn apart by the savagery of battle, the heartache of lost love.
He does not know what became of his wife, and now he must balance being both a soldier and a father.
And yet, for all his pain, he shall have to endure more than he ever thought he could.
His valour in the northern wars has not .
