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Para Bellum

By: S.J.A. Turney
Narrated by: Robin Laing
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A powerful new audiobook set in the fourth-century Roman Empire by critically acclaimed historical novelist Simon Turney, Para Bellum will delight fans of Scarrow, Kane and Cornwell.

AD 381. Five years have gone by since a Roman governor ordered the deaths of a Gothic king and his attendants at a feast in their honor. This disastrous act led to warfare in the Roman Empire and the death of the Emperor Valens.

The Empire is now at peace, but the powerful brother of the murdered king has sworn revenge on the regicides, and will not rest until they are hunted down. For the eight legionaries who carried out the killings, the bloodshed is only just beginning.

Flavius Focalis is one of those legionaries. After narrowly surviving an attempt on his life, Focalis seeks to warn his former comrades, for he knows their enemy is implacable. So begins a deadly game of cat-and-mouse across the Empire, with far more than eight lives at stake. For war is coming—and the only question is: do they die now, or die later?

©2023 S J A Turney (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd

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Story is a stretch.

It’s a quick story I did enjoy it. The performance was okay sorry that Mark Williams didn’t do it. Not  equal to the Marius Mules saga interesting by not great.

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Excellent as always...

Really look forward to Historical Fiction books by this author, especially those set in ancient Rome. Please! Keep 'em coming!

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Disappointingly mediocre

I have read almost the entire work product of Turney and this one is by far my least favorite. Lackluster plot, character development and performance. I had high hopes which by mid-book were dashed. I listened to the last half at 2.0 to get through it. The other works have been outstanding, which is the reason this one left me nonplussed. Was not up to Turney's gold standard.

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The narrator was excellent!

The story kept my attention throughout.
A very good novel with superb narration and feeling!

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