FIRST SPEAR IBD

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First Spear: Pro Denuo presents the saga of Roman Centurion Gaius Crastinus vividly to life. Up close and personal, this often-dark look into the Legions of Rome is seen through the eyes of a brave soldier and man of honor.Gaius &ldquo,Killer&rdquo, Crastinus and his fellow veterans, Vorenus, Pullo and Bacculus, have won honor and glory in the service of the SPQR. Now these comrades must introduce a new consignment of recruits to life in the Roman Army. One of them is Gaius&rsquo, younger brother Marcus.But training for the young soldiers is cut far too short, for war brews in Lusitania. With only three weeks of training, the newly constituted X Legion is ordered north. Their order is to stop Lusitanii incursions into the province of Hispanica forever. Marcus and his fellow recruits follow Gaius in a desperate fight to safeguard their homeland.If they survive, even larger troubles loom to the east. Mob violence in Rome and a quarter-million Helvetian tribesmen are invading provinces in southern Gaul. When Marcus is the one chosen to enter enemy territory on a secret mission, only the &ldquo,soldier&rsquo,s god&rdquo, Mithras knows if he will succeed.This well-researched novel is the sequel to the author&rsquo,s first book First Spear: Rudimenta (Xlibris 2009).About the Author: Brent Nielsen grew up in the Bay area and graduated from San Jose State University. After a career in the Army, he calls Columbus, Georgia home. &ldquo,I spent the last fifty-plus years studying all things Roman, including Latin, in order to make this project authentic.&rdquo,á