{"product_id":"2940170323777","title":"Altar of Blood: Empire IX","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A master of the genre' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe  ninth novel in the thrilling Empire sequence leads Centurion Marcus  Aquila and the Tungrians to the battlefield that was one of Rome's most  disastrous defeats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tungrians have no sooner returned  to Rome than they find themselves tasked with a very different mission  to their desperate exploits in Parthia.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrdered to cross the  river Rhenus into barbarian Germany and capture a tribal priestess who  may be the most dangerous person on the empire's northern border, they  are soon subject to the machinations of an old enemy who will stop at  nothing to sabotage their plans before they have even set foot on the  river's eastern bank. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut after their Roman enemy is neutralised they face a challenge greater still.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith  two of the Bructeri tribe's greatest treasures in their hands they must  regain Roman territory by crossing the unforgiving wilderness that was  the graveyard of Roman imperial strategy two hundred years before. And  capture by the Bructeri's vengeful chieftain and his warband can only  end in one way - a horrific sacrificial death on the tribe's altar of  blood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octopus Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123234390256,"sku":"2940170323777","price":26.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170323777_p0.jpg?v=1763708204","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170323777","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}