Silk Road Centurion
Scott Forbes Crawford
Camphor Press | May 2023 | 446 pages
$3.99 (e-book) | ISBN
978-1-78869-278-6
$19.99 (paperback) | ISBN
978-1-78869-279-3
$29.99 (hardback) | ISBN
978-1-78869-280-9
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Description
Ripped away from all he had known, he fought for a new life. Now he must fight for his new family.
In 53 B.C. Roman soldier Manius Titinius falls captive to a warband of Xiongnu, nomadic horsemen who rule the seas of grass between the Gobi Desert and Mountains of Heaven. His forced march to the east plunges him into a new world of wonder and peril. Manius has only his fighting spirit and faith in Fortuna, goddess of luck, to aid him in a faraway land: China.
Manius rots in the Xiongnu slave camp. Until, with the help of a Chinese family, he escapes. In their frontier village he grapples with the language and learns a new way of life. Then his former captors track him down and attack. Will Fortuna stand with Manius through the siege? Will the proud Roman forge a Chinese destiny? Can he ever find his way home?
From windswept valleys to bustling cultural crossroads … from daring rescue missions to the daily struggle for survival on the borderlands … Silk Road Centurion opens a gateway to an ancient realm of romance, discovery and adventure.
“Fortuna, be with me. May I come before you with bloodied hands.”
Advance praise
“Silk Road Centurion is a masterly tale that spans continents. With powerful prose, Crawford brings to life the challenges and struggles of one man to stay alive, and find meaning in a dangerous world. Bracing and real.”
—Justin Hill, prize-winning author of the Conquest trilogy
“A grand adventure I simply couldn’t put down. Crawford’s equally adept at stirring martial moments and calm ones that paint societies and the complex webs they weave over individuals. Compelling and powerful, it’s a testament to heroism, loyalty, and brotherhood. One of the finest things I read all year.”
—Howard Andrew Jones, author of The Desert of Souls and Lord of a Shattered Land
