Caesar Ascending-Pandya
By R.W. Peake
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Caesar Ascending-Pandya, the fourth volume of the bestselling alternate history Caesar Ascending series, continues the story of a world where Caesar has survived the Ides of March, conducted the invasion and conquest of Parthia, and is now determined to surpass the accomplishments of Alexander the Great by conquering the vast expanse of India all the way to the Ganges, something that the men of his Legions have finally recognized, driving them to revolt.
Consequently, before he can resume his campaign, he must appease his rebelling Legions in the Greco-Indian city of Bharuch, but not only that, he now must quell an uprising fomented by one of his own Legates, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, in far-off Merv, the most remote city in the new Roman province of Parthia Superior. To do this, he departs the newly conquered city to return to Parthia, taking most of the fleet with him and effectively stranding the men of his army in India.
In Caesar’s absence, Primus Pilus Titus Pullus of Caesar's famed 10th Legion, and the other Centurions of Caesar's army stranded in Bharuch must both maintain discipline and keep their disgruntled men from taking out their frustrations on the civilian populace. It falls on Pullus' shoulders to be the Roman liaison to Bharuch’s Queen Hyppolita, and over time, Roman Centurion and foreign Queen form an unlikely bond. Her husband, King Abhiraka, humiliated and vengeful because he was forced to flee from Bharuch to avoid capture, has prevailed on the most powerful domain to the south, Pandya, to provide him with an even larger army to retake his kingdom, and they are marching back north to the city.
Caesar returns from Parthia before their arrival, but only after tragedy has already struck his army in India, thereby spurring him to make a huge gamble, one in which, just as when he crossed the Rubicon, he risks all. Through it all, there are other trials; the Legions of Rome are encountering a harsh and foreign environment, filled with all manner of strange animals and challenges that will test Caesar and his Legions as they move out of the sphere of Greek influence into the southern part of this vast land and the nascent Pandyan Kingdom, the next obstacle in his path to everlasting fame.
R.W. Peake
I am a 63 year old retired Infantry Marine, born and raised in Texas and currently living on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. I have been writing since my first novel, written at the age of 10, when my friends and yours truly fought off the Soviet hordes, who just happened to pick my block to launch their invasion. That was their big mistake.But like a lot of dreams, it got sidetracked until recently, when I decided to focus my passion on an era and subject that interested me a great deal. Like my characters in Ancient Rome, I have served as the pointy tip of the spear of our nation's policy, and it is with this perspective that I tell the story of Titus Pullus and his friends.Marching With Caesar-Birth of the 10th Legion was my first published novel, and is the first in a completed series that covers the career of Titus Pullus, his adopted son Gaius Porcinianus Pullus, grandson Titus Porcinianus Pullus, and his great-grandson Gnaeus Volusenianus Pullus. The most recent release is Volume XIX, Marching With Caesar-Catualda the Usurper.I also have a completed alternate history series, Caesar Ascending, that imagines a world in which Gaius Julius Caesar survives the Ides of March, embarks on his historical campaign against Parthian...then keeps going. Originally it's a bid to outstrip the Macedonian King Alexander by reaching the Ganges River, but evolves into a decade-long campaign that finds Caesar and his Legions marching to the end of the known world in the form of the mysterious Islands of Wa, modern-day Japan.Finally, in 2020, I began The Titus Chronicles, with Volume I titled Eagle and Wyvern, which tells the story of a descendant of Titus Pullus, (though he's unaware of any connection), named Titus of Cyssanbyrig, who at the age of fourteen answers the fyrd sounded by the Saxon King Alfred, marching with Alfred and his army to confront the Danish King Guthrum, culminating at the Battle of Edington. Blessed with the same prodigious size and strength as his ancestor, young Titus learns he is the recipient of a darker gift, and in his first battle earns the nickname The Berserker.The Titus Chronicles mark the first of an extended genealogy of the original Titus that will extend across the ages as the story of a line of men who have been born and bred for war, and are witnesses to some of the great historical events of the ages.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another excellent read from Peake. Hope he continues to produce more books on Pullus.
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