by David Black
Germanicus crossed Varus’ earlier route as he returned. More than half a decade had passed but the forest remained strewn with the wreckage and bones of the fallen army. He commanded his men to collect and bury the remains as best they could. He also ordered a monument erected, honouring the memory of Varus’ lost army.
Arminius fought a series of subsequent battles against the Romans. Although he never again inflicted a crushing defeat on Rome, the victories he won convinced the Imperial High Command that the potential cost in manpower and materiel far outweighed any gains which might be gained by reinvading the territories east of the River Rhine. The river and a chain of reinforced forts became a solid bulwark; the official northern border of the Imperial Empire.
Rome never again sought to expand eastwards beyond the mighty Rhine.
Beyond the new border, Arminius continued to build on his vision of a united Germany, but he died over a decade later under mysterious circumstances. It was rumoured he was poisoned by members of his own family during bitter internal feuding over power and Arminius’ future as a nation builder. There was deep suspicion as to his ultimate goal; it was believed Arminius wanted to weld the wild tribes of Greater Germany together, and become their all-powerful king. DB
Also by David Black
The Great Satan
In The Great Satan, the first of his compelling new Shadow Squadron series, author David Black has produced his own fictional nightmare scenario: What if the Iraqi weapons that were said to be dismantled in the late 1990s included the ultimate WMD? And what if the deposing of Saddam Hussein left one of his most ruthless military leaders still at large, and actively seeking a customer for Iraq’s only nuclear bomb? . . .
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Also by David Black
Playing for England
What makes a man want to join the reserve SAS? - The famous British Special Forces Regiment whose selection process boasts more than a 90% failure rate during its gruelling selection process..
David Black's third book - Playing for England gives the reader a fascinating firsthand insight into the rigours of the selection and training process of those few men who earn the privilege of wearing the sandy beret and winged dagger cap badge of the SAS.
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Also by David Black
Siege of Faith
The Chronicles of Sir Richard Starkey #1
Far to the East, across the sparkling waters of the great Mediterranean Sea, the formidable Ottoman Empire was secretly planning to add to centuries of expansion. Soon, they would begin the invasion and conquest of Christian Europe.
But first, their all-powerful Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent knew he must destroy the last Christian bastion which stood in the way of his glorious destiny of conquest. The Maltese stronghold... garrisoned and defended by the noble and devout warrior monks of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem...
A powerful story of heroism, love and betrayal set against the backdrop of the cruel and terrible siege of Malta which raged through the long hot summer of 1565. The great Caliph unleashed a massive invasion force of 40,000 fanatical Muslim troops, intent on conquering Malta before invading poorly defended Christian Europe. A heretic English Knight - Sir Richard Starkey becomes embroiled in the bloody five month siege which ensued; Europe's elite nobility cast chivalry aside, no quarter asked or mercy given as rivers of Muslim and Christian blood flowed...
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Dark Empire
Shadow Squadron #2
Sgt. Pat Farrell and Two Troop are back in action!
Sgt. Pat Farrell and his reserve SAS troop are on a training exercise in Kenya when they are suddenly ordered into the primitive jungle of the Congo on what should be nothing more than a straightforward and simple humanitarian rescue mission.
Unfortunately, nothing is straightforward in Africa. Pat and his men find themselves trapped and facing the disastrous prospect of no escape from the war ravaged blood-stained country. Hunted by a feral legion of savage, drug-crazed guerrillas, things don’t always go to plan...even for the SAS!
COMING SOON!
Also by David Black
The Devil’s Web
Shadow Squadron #3
Al Qaeda have been quietly potting their revenge, after the death of their Saudi-born, spiritual leader, Osama Bin-Laden. A simple bombing or assassination won’t do in the eyes of Zahira Khan, Pakistan’s sinister chief Al Qaeda facilitator and planner. Hate-filled and utterly ruthless, he has devised something terrible – Al-Amin (the faithful), which will rival or perhaps even exceed the ‘Spectacular’ 9/11 attack on New York’s Twin Towers.
Can Sgt Pat Farrell and his reserve SAS Troop do the impossible, and thwart this diabolical plot, before acts of unspeakable horror are committed by men who welcome death?
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Inca Sun
Chronicles of Sir Richard Starkey #2
Sir Richard and his giant servant Quinn begin their next great adventure, aboard the Privateer ‘The SEA Hawk’, in the treacherous waters off the Caribbean and South American coastline. Their heretic English Queen, Elizabeth I, has secretly commanded Sir Richard to prowl the high seas in search of King Phillip II of Spain’s fabulously wealthy treasure convoys. They sail from the New World for Spain laden with gold and silver ripped from the Conquistador’s mines in Peru and Mexico; dug from the dark earth by their cruelly treated Inca and Mayan slaves.
What Richard doesn’t know when he accepts his latest Royal commission is that his arch nemesis - Don Rodrigo Salvador Torrez has become Governor of King Phillip’s Mexican province of Veracruz.
One thing is certain, mere gold cannot pay the debt of honour that exists between the two men, since their first encounter on Malta during the great siege. The only currency which will settle the terrible debt will be the loser’s noble lifeblood....
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