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The Red Death

by David Pilling

Book 1 in the Caesar’s Sword series.

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In 568, King Arthur's grandson, Coel ap Amhar, tells the story of his life. His tale begins after the death of Arthur in battle. Britain is plunged into chaos. Coel and his mother flee overseas. They take Arthur's sword, Caledfwlch, once possessed and wielded by Julius Caesar. Known as The Red Death, the blade is rumoured to possess unearthly powers. Coel joins the Roman army under Flavius Belisarius, the one of the most renowned soldiers of the age, and fights in the Roman invasion of North Africa. The Briton makes an enemy of the corrupt Empress of the East, Theodora, and falls into the clutches of Gelimer, the mad King of the Vandals.