The Falling Sword (Clash of Empires)

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The second in Ben Kane's 'Clash of Empires' series takes the excellent start he made with the first book and dials everything up another notch. And he gets the military lifestyle very well, even if I suspect that even the most dedicated soldier would have had more interactions with the civilian world and extramilitary activities than this.

And the easiest way to do that was to gain prestige through victory in battle and then make use of the spoils that naturally came from such success.Philip and Flamininus, now that the preliminaries are done, are deciding the course of events to follow. But between vicious infighting, unruly locals, and intense battle, both will be tested as the final showdown between two great civilisations begins . Select the blue bars for softcore data, the red bars for hardcore data, or view all the rune statistics in the table display. Lightning strikes random enemies under the cloud, dealing 605% weapon damage as Lightning and Stunning them for 2 seconds.

idiomatic , by extension ) To resign from a job or other position of responsibility, especially when pressured to do so. Favourites included Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s medieval tales, Sir Nigel and The White Company; I did love the Sherlock Holmes books too though. The book’s greatest strength is its depiction of what it felt like to be in the Roman and Macedonian armies at the turn of the second century BC. The story is well told but the complexities of locations and the many characters, some too little differentiated marred my overall enjoyment. The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter.Storytelling is as ever of a top-notch quality, for me this author is one of the best in this field of Ancient history, simply because Ben Kane brings this ancient Roman/Greek world vividly to life in a most wonderful way, with lifelike characters, whether they are real historical or superb fictional, and also the brutal atmosphere of these political and warlike times are brought to us in a most brilliant fashion. The descriptions are wonderfully brutal, true to the storyline and time we are visiting, and it does indeed feel like I have visited! Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 second when you hit with a resource-spending attack. The story was paced brilliantly, I didn’t feel that at any point the story was under or over done, there were faster and slower places granted, but nothing felt rushed and nor did anywhere feel like the story dragged, it flowed wonderfully from scene to scene.

For whatever reason, and I have my suspicions as to why but will keep them to myself, this particular volume falls somewhat short when compared to other Ben Kane books.

If they didn't kill someone, break the law, or make a life-ruining mistake, I don't have a problem seeing what happened through the eyes of the mistake maker. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. Part the Clouds: damage type changes to Lightning, and for 5 seconds after the impact, one random enemy within the area (roughly 50% larger than the impact zone) is hit with a lightning bolt every second for 605% damage as Lightning and Stunned for 2 seconds. Both of them will be tested to the limit in this enthralling novel from an author who has walked in the armour worn by the Romans at this time so knows exactly where it rubbed and where it irritated. This is the follow up to the excellent “Clash of Empires”, set about 198BC with Rome and Philip of Macedon fighting over control of Greece.