The Forgotten Legion

(The Forgotten Legion Chronicles No. 1)

By: Ben Kane

Narrated by: Michael Praed

Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman on his way home from a good night out. At 13 years old, they and their mother are sold: Romulus to gladiator school, Fabiola into prostitution, where she will catch the eye of one of the most powerful men in Rome, and their mother into obscurity and death in the salt mines.

Tarquinius is an Etruscan, a warrior and soothsayer, born enemy of Rome, but doomed to fight for the Republic in the Forgotten Legion.

Brennus is a Gaul; the Romans killed his entire family. He rises to become one of the most famous and feared gladiators of his day - and mentor to the boy slave, Romulus, who dreams night and day of escape and of revenge.

The lives of these four characters are bound and interwoven in a marvellous story which begins in a Rome riven by corruption, violence and political enmities, but ends far away, where Romulus, Brennus and Tarquinius find themselves fighting against the Parthians and overwhelming odds.

Four separate lives that are intertwined

And a Tuscan soothsayer named Tarquin S and two gladiators Romulus and BrennaS after a long journey find themselves in the debacle of Marcus Licinius CRASUS debacle in Parthia Romulus was a slaves along with his twin sister. Romulus got sold to a gladiator school while his twin sister was sold to a brothel, and she becomes one of the most famous prostitutes in Rome, much sought after this is the first in a trilogy that I enjoyed the story very much definitely worth the credit

can't stop listening

everything Ben Kane writes is solid gold, I love how his stories seem to be never ending

Great story, Great Performance

Great first book in the trilogy. Has really put me into this author. Highly recommended

Ps there are some strange parts but doesn’t come up as much in the next books

Amazing Start to a Series

I don’t write many reviews, nor am I long winded. This was great historical fiction coupled with meticulous research. Starting book 2 today.

Well done

I enjoyed this book very much. A great story and good character development I hope there are more books to this series