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The Eagle's Prophecy (Eagles of the Empire 6)

Cato & Macro: Book 6

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The Eagle's Prophecy (Eagles of the Empire 6)

By: Simon Scarrow
Narrated by: Russell Boulter
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 IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!

THE EAGLE'S PROPHECY is the powerful sixth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire seires. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell. Praise for Simon Scarrow's gripping novels: 'Ferocious and compelling' Daily Express

The Adriatic Sea, AD 45. Cato and Macro, centurions of the Roman army, are horrified to learn that they face possible execution after the death of their commanding officer. Fortunately, the Emperor's secretary is willing to offer them an alternative: to join the marines and hunt down a band of brutal pirates who are decimating not only Rome's reputation, but also a critical supply chain.

As they discover the true horror of battle at sea, Macro and Cato must also remember their real mission: to recover from those pirates a set of scrolls that hold secrets vital to the future of the Roman Empire. Rome will do anything to get them back...

(P)2012 Headline Publishing Group Ltd©2015 Simon Scarrow Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Military Thriller & Suspense War & Military Scary Pirate Rome

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Critic reviews

Praise for Simon Scarrow's novels: 'I really don't need this kind of competition... It's a great read' (Bernard Cornwell)
Scarrow's [novels] rank with the best
Gripping and moving
A satisfyingly bloodthirsty, bawdy romp...perfect for Bernard Cornwell addicts who will relish its historical detail and fast-paced action. Storming stuff
Ferocious and compelling
A Rome full of HOUSE OF CARDS treachery... Roman soldiering at its very best - even by Scarrow's high standards - in this winning chunk of historical fiction
Rollicking good fun
A fast-moving and exceptionally well-paced historical thriller
All stars
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The story continues to unfold and offer new excitement and I'm about to download and listen to the next. However, as others have said the HUGE let down in this series is the continually changing narrator. Looking ahead to future books it's going to keep happening.
I liked David Thorpe and was disappointed when Jonathan Keeble took over, though I quickly came to prefer his interpretation of the characters.
Only to be dismayed when Russell Boulter took over. Actually his reading is superb but when you invest so much time into a series, continuity is important. The greatest change is with the leading characters and I'm sorry, but Macro had comfortably settled with me as a tough, bombasitc East End docker type, only to morph into a Yorkshire publican, and it was very disappointing. Cato is young - that the whole point of him - and earlier narrators managed this well.
So, on to the next book with Boulter, braced for Keeble to return for a few more, then someone else, then Keeble again.
But the storyline wins the day.

Continued excellence, but...

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Enjoyed the story immensely but I found it difficult to adjust to the different narrator. Giving Macro a scouse accent made me cringe everytime he spoke. He also changed the pronunciation of 'Vespasian' and it just didn't sound correct.

Another great book by Scarrow!!

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The Narrator was very poor. Mispronounced names and the voices he gave some of the characters was just unbelievable.

Poor Narrator

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These books are enjoyable if you want a nice easy read. I bought them all in Kindle form, and for the first time with this one I thought I'd also buy the narration to see what it's like. I must say I'm a bit disappointed with it.

While the narrator's performance is good enough in other respects, I'm beginning to find the pronunciation very distracting. "Ravenna" becomes "Raverna", "Maximius" becomes "Maximus", "Vespasian" becomes "Vespassian", and "quinquireme" becomes "...I give up".

It's not like these are words and names were made up for the story, so it's easy to check how to pronounce them. Was there no time? Did they record one take then realise they'd run out of tape and couldn't go back to fix anything?

Distracting narration

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I love these books. The story is another good one with twists, turns and intrigue. The new narrator is good. The only thing I don't like is his version of Vespasian's voice.

Great story

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