Un asalto pirata en las costas de Rávena pone en manos del comandante de los delincuentes marinos unos rollos de pergamino de mucha importancia. Novela histórica (por clasificarla, no porque lo sea realmente). Cambiando escenario pero ni un ápice la propuesta. Highly recommended, for this is another brilliant addition to this fantastic series, and that's why I like to call this episode: 'A Marvellous Eagle's Prophecy'! What is to follow is a great and suspenseful Roman adventure, in which Cato and Macro must do their utmost to save the Empire and their Emperor from disaster, and deal with this problem ruthlessly and determinedly in order to bring the Empire back under control. The pirates are being forewarned and they deal the Romans a heavy blow, and especially when Cato and Macro find out that treachery and the presence of Vitellius are playing a formidable part, they will need to find the pirate base rather sooner than later. With them on this secret mission will be their old enemy, Vitellius, and they need to retrieve important documents that can damage the Emperor and the safety of Rome.

To elope prosecution, devious Narcissus makes them an offer they can't refuse, and that offer is rescuing an Imperial agent who's been captured by pirates, operating from the Illyrian coast. This tale is set in the year AD 45, after being dismissed from the 2nd Legion in Britannia, and being investigated for involvement in the death of a fellow officer, Cato and Macro find themselves in Rome. Read this book in 2005, and its the 6th volume of the amazing 'Eagle' series.

Simon scarrow under the eagle