{"product_id":"2940045781978","title":"Carthaginian Empire: Book 6 - The Viking Cycle","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreviously only available as individual e-book short stories, this collection features episodes 29 to 32 of the original series.\u003cbr\u003eEpisode 29 – Viking Raid\u003cbr\u003eAfter generations of peace the increasingly violent raids against her northern provinces cause Carthage to raise her battle standards once more. The Scandinavian tribes are bringing misery to Britain and the shores of Gaul, it is time for the military machine to fight again. The invincible galleys of Carthage will face the most fearsome sea going peoples of all time.\u003cbr\u003eIt is 319AD and Carthage has a new and vicious enemy.\u003cbr\u003eEpisode 30 – England Prospers\u003cbr\u003ePushing north the Carthaginian forces have conquered Denmark. The Angles, the Saxons and the Franks have been overrun. The galleys of the Carthaginian fleet control the seas from Spain to Denmark. Protected in this way the British reap the benefits of the peace the rest of the empire has enjoyed.\u003cbr\u003eIt is 332AD and finally the northern empire can catch its breath.\u003cbr\u003eEpisode 31 – Cold Water, Cold Land\u003cbr\u003eTo stop the raids on their northern frontiers a punitive fleet is sent north to punish the remaining Viking tribes. Off the cape of Jutland the Carthaginian galleys finally find the Norse long ship is a formidable craft. Attacking through the snows of Southern Finland the Army also encounters Norse berserkers for the first time.\u003cbr\u003eIt is 345AD and Carthage is sent reeling in defeat.\u003cbr\u003eEpisode 32 – Cold Revenge\u003cbr\u003eForty years earlier the Vikings sent a fleet of Carthaginian galleys to the bottom of the North Sea, and left the bones of a Carthaginian army to whiten in the snows of Finland. It may have taken forty years but now it is time for Carthage to have its revenge. The last European tribes to challenge Carthage will now find out what that ancient challenge really costs.\u003cbr\u003eIt is 389AD and Carthage has its revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bluewood Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165660823792,"sku":"2940045781978","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045781978_p0.jpg?v=1763683138","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045781978","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}