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Book Review of The Misplaced Legion (Videssos Cycle, Bk 1)

The Misplaced Legion (Videssos Cycle, Bk 1)
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NO ROADS TO ROME
One monent, they stood under the skies of Gaul, facing each other in a strange duel of survival. In the hand of the Roman tribune Marcus Scaurus was the spell-scribed sword of a Druid priest. The Celtic chieftain Viridovix held a similar sword bespelled by a rival Druid sorcerer.
Then, as the two swords touched, a dome of golden light flared out and surrounded Marcus, Viridovix, and three cohorts of Caesar's legions. The next moment, they found themselves under a strange night sky where no stars were familiar and where Gual and Rome were unknown.
They were in an outpost of the embattled Empire of Videssos--in a world where magic and dark socery would test their skill and courage as no Roman legion had ever been tested before.