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"With plenty of hacking and stabbing, pontifications, dogged sex, and a few anachronistic mind-sets: another dipperful from the fertile Arthurian well, sans magic but brimful of action."
-- Kirkus
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Published date: 1997
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.5 x 10 inches
Weight: 1.65 pounds
Pages: 412
Publisher's Notes
"The Eagle's Brood" is the saga of the colony known as Camulod--and the descendants of those brave Romans who forged a way of life for Celt and Roman when the Roman legions departed Britain. Most know him as Merlyn; all call him Commander. Cauis Merlyn Britannicus is responsible for the safety of Camulod, and for the welfare of the colonists who look to him for justice and salvation. Uther Pendragon, the man who will father the legendary Arthur, is the cousin Merlyn has known and loved since their births. As different as they can be, they are inseparable: two faces of the same coin. In a world torn apart by warfare and upheaval, each is the other's certainty--until a vicious crime, one that strikes at the roots of Merlyn's own life, drives a wedge between them.
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