Simon Heath was born in Stoke-on-Trent. He served in the Royal Air Force as an engineering officer for 25 years, then joined Airbus. Between the military and industry, he retrained as a barrister. He wrote this, his first novel, during a rejuvenating career break.
Claudius’s invasion of Britannia was achieved almost unopposed. The few pockets of credible resistance were ruthlessly crushed by the machine that was the Roman army. What followed was a tense but relatively peaceful co-existence, even some merging of cultures.That peaceful life was shattered by g...