The Black Company

The Song of the Ferryman, Book 3

The year is 56BC. The Veneti are gone, betrayed by the wind, and Devin too is cast adrift, his refuge betrayed to the authorities. He and Ferryman struggle to escape while the survivors of the Veneti strive to find some meaning in their defeat. Both journeys progress: Devin's towards healing, and Harn, Brighid, and Dorhos' towards reconciliation, redemption, and a climatic confrontation in one of the most famous invasions in ancient history.

Owing as much to Irish mythology as to Asterix and Obelix, the third volume of the Song of Ferryman sees the remnants of the Veneti leave their homeland in the company of two men destined to rise high in the conflict with the Romans, Dorhos, and Nullos—two men whose identities are clouded in mystery.

As the Romans prepare to invade Britain, Commius shakes off the curse of the druids to stand before Caesar and offer his services, all the while plotting his destruction.

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