R. W. Peake

Caesar Ascending-The Han (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

In Caesar Ascending-The Han, the sixth installment of the bestselling alternate history series, Caesar's ploy to keep his Legions under control and moving east from the Ganges by introducing his men to the riches of the Han Empire initially succeeds in ending what is now the second mutiny of his army. This success proves to be short-lived when, just a few months later, while cutting a path through the impenetrable jungle across the modern Indochinese Peninsula that the men have dubbed "The Green Hades," there's a third mutiny, the most violent to date that results in the slaying of several Centurions, including the Primus Pilus of the 8th Legion, and the men refusing to move another mile.
Faced with another existential threat to his dream, the greatest general of his age once again manages to avert disaster, although it's at the cost of several months of progress as the army stays in place less than halfway across the peninsula. Nevertheless, they do manage to reunite with the fleet, which has traveled the waterborne route around both the Malay and Indochina Peninsula, meeting on the eastern coast of modern Vietnam.
The arrival of Caesar's army and fleet in the southern reach of his Empire finally stirs Emperor Yuan of the Han, prompting him to send an emissary, Zhang Meng, in the first meeting between the two superpowers of the ancient world. Yuan already has his hands full, both with Zhizhi the leader of the Xiongnu, a nomadic tribe that is intent on wresting territory along the western edge of the Han Empire, factionalism within his own court, and a rebellious general, Xao, on the island of Zhuya, modern day Hainan. It is with this in mind that, from a proposal by young Zhang, the Han and Rome cooperate; in exchange for Caesar and his Legions invading Zhuya and defeating Xao's army, the Han Emperor will provide enough food to feed their massive army for a year, and the Romans will be allowed to occupy the island.
As usually happens, it's Sextus Scribonius who divines the truth, that the proposal that supposedly came from Emperor Yuan and the Han is actually Caesar's own idea, having manipulated the talented but inexperienced Zhang into presenting it to his Emperor as his own idea. What will happen when Emperor Yuan discovers that he's been manipulated?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: R.W. Peake
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781941226452
• Artikelnr.: 74385603

Autorenporträt

R.W. Peake wrote his first novel when he was 10.

He published his first novel when he was 50.

Obviously, a lot happened in between, including a career as a "grunt" in the Marine Corps, another career as a software executive, a stint as a semi-professional cyclist, and becoming a dad.

But, through it all, there was one constant: his fascination with history, which led him back to school in his 30s to earn a degree in History from the Honors College at the University of Houston.

One morning years later, R.W. was listening to Caesar's Commentaries while he was on his morning commute to a job he hated. A specific passage about Caesar's men digging a 17 mile ditch between Lake Geneva and the Jura Mountains suddenly jumped out at him.

He was reminded of his own first job at 13 digging a ditch in Hardin, Texas. For the rest of the drive that morning, he daydreamed about what life must have been like not for the Caesars of the world, but for the everyday people who were doing the fighting and dying for Rome, and the idea for Marching with Caesar was born.

Not too long after that, he quit that job, moved into a trailer halfway across the country, and devoted the next four years to researching and writing the first installments of Marching with Caesar.

Some of his research methods-like hiking several miles around Big Bend National Park in the heat of summer wearing a suit of chainmail and carrying a sword so he would know what it felt like to be a Roman legionary-were a bit unconventional and made his friends and family question his sanity.

But such was his commitment to bringing these stories to life for his readers with as much detail and accuracy as possible.

Even as his catalog continues to grow, he still brings that passion to every story he tells.

He has moved out of the trailer, but he still lives on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington with his Yellow Lab, Titus Pomponius Pullus and his rescue dog, Peach.