Hell's Flood

The Second Dominic Trilogy

De: F J Atkinson

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Rome's protection has been withdrawn. Britain’s underbelly is exposed. The Dark Ages have begun. The Winter War, The Slaughter Ground and Shadow Paths The Winter War The battle of Badon Hill has brought a transient peace to southern Britannia, but the land above Hadrian’s wall is simmering with unrest. Picts, Britons and recent Angle settlers form an uneasy alliance, but the treaty is fractured when the Hibernian king, Eochaid Mugmedón, sails to Britannia intent on vengeance. Destiny takes Dominic, Augustus, Tomas and Flint to the land between the walls and straight into the bitter grip of the fighting. A tale of intrigue, fraternal strife and Dark Age conflict. The Slaughter Ground Petronius Maximus is the new emperor of the fragile Western Roman Empire. In an effort to gain favour and quieten the Roman mob, he finishes the restoration of the Flavium Ampitheatre (known today as the Colosseum). Furthermore, he will support and finance twelve days of gladiatorial contests and public executions, a spectacle intended to rival the infamous festivals of Claudius and Nero. One thousand miles away in a Britannia enjoying a transient peace, a group of five worthy men, all loyal to Arthur and with little interest in the affairs of Rome, work tirelessly to protect and scout their south-western peninsular. Then a visit to Londinium sets forth events which fragments the company, leading them all on separate journeys to the very heart of Rome. Veterans of Badon Hill, the Britons are no strangers to the degradation of war, but no past experience, no long-ago, witnessed horror, can prepare them for the Flavium Ampitheatre and its shameful games. With their unity destroyed, all become embroiled in a frantic struggle to survive the slaughter ground of Rome’s monstrous arena. Shadow Paths Eochaid Mugmedón, the Hibernian king of Caisleán Ó Liatháin, has sent an attacking force to western Britannia. Determined to see his infirm son, Niall, become the king of Dyfed and the surrounding lands, Eochaid has already sown the seeds of conquest. Diarmait has been removed from Abergwaun, Arthur’s alliance weakened, a bargain having been brokered between Eochaid and Arthur’s Votadinian allies. Preoccupied with the resurgent Saxon threat near Brythonfort, Arthur steps back from the Hibernian problem, thus giving Eochaid the time he needs consolidate his advantage. Dominic and Augustus, having travelled north with some old friends to buy earthenware, hear troubling news of the turbulence smothering the newly occupied lands. Honest men tell them of hidden valleys and missing patrols, prompting them to view the siege of Abergwaun with their own eyes. Unwilling to stand by and watch the land fall into lawlessness, Augustus comes up with the glimmer of a solution. Days later, the company is fragmented, a new crisis forcing them to part, the burden of rescue and deliverance upon them. Shadow Lands. Book seven of the Dominic Saga. A multifaceted Dark Age tale of intrigue and brutal warfare.