Taurus (Vol. 2)

Manda Scott's "Taurus" begins in the year 47, when Boudica and her warriors continue their relentless resistance against the Roman Legions occupying Britain. The second volume of the trilogy continues the story of the Iceni warrior queen who led her people in a bloody final battle against the invading armies of Rome. Opposed to Boudica is Julius Valerius, an officer in the auxiliary cavalry, whose increasing brutality in serving his god and his emperor fails to protect him from the ghosts of the past. And sandwiched between them are two children, pawns in a game of inconceivable cruelty, while, in the heart of Rome, Emperor Claudius and his power-hungry wife control the lives of an entire people.