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Swords of the Legion (Videssos Cycle) by Harry Turtledove

Swords of the Legion (Videssos Cycle) Harry Turtledove ebook
ISBN: 0345330706, 9780345330703
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Page: 408
Format: pdf

This is the first in a series called the Videssos Cycle, and I'm hoping that as I continue to read The book begins with a legion of Roman soldiers who have invaded Gaul being sucked into some sort of interdimensional portal because of the clash of two druidic swords weilded by their leader and the leader of the Gauls. Well, this is the first book I've read by Turtledove, and it seems to me that it has some promise. In Videssos the city, tribune Marcus Scaurus was bored. The legion that had been magically transported to this strange world was far away. Book 1, The Misplaced Legion: In a duel for survival, the Roman military tribune Marcus Aemilius Scaurus raises his sword, blessed by a Druid priest, against a Celtic chieftain, who brandishes a blade of his own. Harry Turtledove's brilliant reimaginings of major world events have thrilled fans for decades, but he first captured readers' attention with the Videssos Cycle, a unique blend of fantasy and speculative history. An Emperor for the Legion (Videssos Cycle) by Harry Turtledove (Apr 12, 1987). As soon as their swords clash, the two men, along with the Roman's legionnaires, disappear from their world and appear in an unfamiliar land. Description: Foul sorcery had slain the Emperor. At the moment the weapons touch 9780345542595_p0_v1_s600. Once night falls and none of Thus begins Harry Turtledove's beloved Videssos Cycle. But the Emperor's niece Alypia was near -- and willing. Once Marcus realizes they When it turns out one of a former Videssian by the name of Avshar is plotting against the Videssans, Marcus's Ronam legion becomes crucial allies to Mavrikios and the empire of Videssos. Here are the books in the Videssos Cycle (in order): -Misplaced Legion (also, read the first review by “silliman89” for a good overview of the series). As they faced one another in a duel of survival, the Roman tribune Marcus Scaurus held the spell-scribed sword of a Druid priest, and the Celtic chieftain Viridovix held a similar sword, bespelled by a rival Druid sorcerer.