R. W. Peake, L. R. Kelly

The Tenth-Volume II (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In VOLUME II of THE TENTH, the men of the Tenth Section, First Century, Second Cohort of Julius' Caesar's new 10TH Legion have survived the grueling training of the Roman Legions, and embark on Caesar's campaign against the rebelling tribes of Hispania. As Titus Pullus and his new comrades will learn, as harsh and unforgiving as their training was, nothing can prepare them for the trial of combat, while experiencing the horrors and pain of losing comrades, witnessing the many gruesome ways there are to die in their world. Almost as disorienting for some is what it means to be the victor, where mercy is considered at best a useless quality, and at worst a weakness, as the new veterans learn about the darkness that resides within some of them as Caesar's army methodically crushes the rebellion. They will also be exposed to the lot of the soldier of any age; days and weeks of mind-numbing boredom spent choking down dust as they pursue their quarry, ending each day on the march engaging in the back-breaking labor of constructing the famed Legion marching camp, punctuated by moments of terror, either in the form of an assault on a fortified town, or by sudden ambush by a wily, dangerous foe. Titus and the other new men will also learn that those men who boast about the deeds they will perform in combat rarely live up to them, if ever, while some men go even further, engaging in acts of cowardice that force their comrades to consider taking drastic action, including a member of their own section, forcing them to make a decision about whether or not to report their comrade to their Centurion, Gaius Crastinus, or take matters into their own hand. However, one member of the Tenth Section in particular will distinguish himself, over and above even the lofty expectations of some of his comrades and of his officers, and it is this campaign that will mark the true beginning of the legend of Titus Pullus, when he was just another member of the Tenth Section of the First Century of the Second Cohort of a Legion that would go on to attain legendary status on its own.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: R.W. Peake
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781941226568
• Artikelnr.: 74385737

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.