Books like Eagle in the Sand by Simon Scarrow

George MacDonald Fraser’s witty comic novel follows expelled Rugby pupil Harry Flashman as he joins Lord Cardigan’s Light Dragoons, touring the Balkans and Afghanistan and unintentionally earning heroic fame in the Anglo‑Afghan War.

In the summer of 44 AD, Roman centurions Macro, Cato and the Second Legion defend a ford of the Thames for General Plautius, but a betrayal forces them into exile as imperial decimation looms.

T is the year A.D. 42, and Centurion Macro, battle-scarred and fearless, is in the heart of Germany with the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. Cato, a new recruit and the newly appointed second-in-command to Macro, will have more to prove than most. In a bloody skirmish with local trives, Cato gets his first chance to prove that he's more than a callow, privileged youth. As their next campaign takes them to a land of unparalleled barbarity--Britain--a special mission unfolds, thrusting Cato and Macro headlong in to a conspiracy that threatens to topple the Emperor himself.

Centurion Macro joins Emperor Claudius’s 43 AD invasion of Britain, facing ruthless enemy forces and a covert conspiracy that threatens the legions before the emperor’s arrival.

In Roman Britain, 43 AD, a general’s family is captured by a secret Druids sect after a storm wreck, who demand the release of Roman prisoners in exchange for their safety.

The action-packed new novel featuring Roman army officers Macro and Cato from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon ScarrowWhile centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians, their transport ship is almost capsized by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete where they are stunned to find a devastated town. An earthquake has struck the island, destroying its cities and killing thousands. In the chaotic aftermath, large bands of the island's slaves begin to revolt and local bandits, taking advantage of the slave rebellion, urge the Cretans to overthrow the Roman administration. With many of the island's troops either killed or wounded during the earthquake, the governor of the province calls on Macro and Cato for help. Can they move swiftly enough to counter the rebellion before it sweeps the Romans from the island?