{"product_id":"the-barbarian-by-douglas-jackson-9780552178228","title":"The Barbarian","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTreacheries, betrayals and bloody battles during the desperate twilight years of Rome's once all-powerful empire - the latest action-packed, thrillingly authentic new Roman historical novel from a writer acclaimed as one of the genre's best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAD 406. Abandoned by friends and hounded by enemies, Roman cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor and a small band of loyal warriors know that the time has come to leave an increasingly fractured Britannia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir journey takes them across the bleak, pirate-infested seas of the Mare Germanicum to Saxonia and on into the dark heart of barbarism. It seems the Britons' only salvation lies with an old comrade, General Stilicho - based far to the east but still within the sanctuary of the Empire. But the general has troubles of his own: his influence with the Emperor Honorius is waning, and a great warrior people are on the march - for Radagaisus, king of the Ostrogoths, has promised his subjects all the riches of Italia, and they will leave a sea of Roman bones in their wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut as Marcus and his companions battle their way towards what they hope will be a safe haven of sorts, they stumble across a secret which could decide the fate of the Empire. But who can they really trust, and can Marcus reach Stilicho in time - because his every step is dogged by a son who wants him dead...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet during the desperate twilight years of Rome's once all-powerful empire, \u003cem\u003eThe Barbarian\u003c\/em\u003e is the action-packed and thrillingly authentic new historical novel from one of the genre's very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428200956140,"sku":"9780552178228","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780552178228.jpg?v=1774766966","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-barbarian-by-douglas-jackson-9780552178228","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}