In a time before Caesar, before Augustus or Constantine, before the Gallic Wars or the conquest of Britain, in a time before Rome’s place in the history of the western world was assured, the nascent empire had first to survive a devastating assault by its most formidable foe. Celebrated and feared like few figures from history, his name was Hannibal Barca, and the bitter conflict between his people and the Roman Republic shaped the destiny of nations....
Capturing the panoramic scope of what would become known as the second Punic Warm(218-202BC) - from Hannibal’s famous elephant-mounted crossing of the Alps to the savagery of battles like Trasimene and Zamia -this epic novel chronicles a titanic struggle through the actions of individual characters.......
