'In Caesar's Shadow' begins with a young Roman soldier's search for the truth about his brother's death in battle during the reign of the Emperor Trajan (99-117). It is the start of a series of journeys that are also a mental awakening. Though always a man of his time he finds himself asking the kind of questions that outsiders ask - dangerous for a common soldier but even more dangerous for someone who enjoys the favour of the emperor...

'Young Eagles' is the third in a trilogy of novels about Marcus Simplicius Vitalis, a Roman soldier whose journey of self discovery begins in 'In Caesar's Shadow'. Here we find the origins of his relationship with his brother Gaius and with the men who will be his closest comrades during his time as a soldier.