River of Gold: Empire XI
Empire, Book 11
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Narrated by:
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Saul Reichlin
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By:
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Anthony Riches
About this listen
The 11th novel in Anthony Riches' best-selling Empire series takes Marcus Aquila and his most trusted allies to Egypt.
After saving the emperor's life in Rome, Marcus and his comrades have been sent across the sea to the wealthy, corrupt Greek metropolis of Aegyptus, Alexandria.
An unknown enemy has slaughtered the garrison of the empire's last outpost before its border with the mysterious kingdom of Kush. Caravans can no longer reach the crucial Red Sea port of Berenike, from which the riches of the East flow towards Rome.
The emperor's most trusted and most devious adviser has ordered Marcus' commander Scaurus and his trusted officers to the south. With orders that are tantamount to a suicide mission and with only one slim hope of success.
Can a small force of highly trained legionaries restore the empire's power in this remote desert no-man's-land, when faced by the fanatical army of Kush's iron-fisted ruler?
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- LBar
- 15-08-20
worth the wait
I have gone through the empire series using a mix of hard books and audible books, the narration is awesome throughout. the story is gripping and detailed...I cant wait for the next one
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- melodie
- 09-05-21
Brilliant
An excellent series. I can’t wait for the next book. Anthony riches does not ever disappoint. Thank you
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- Mr T C
- 14-08-20
A new area of the empire well described
Another great and engaging listen. Lacked a large fixed piece battle that I thought it was building up to and felt like the story dropped off to quickly but enjoyable
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- Markusparkus
- 16-02-24
very good storyline
I liked the storyline and story telling by the story teller. Last two chapters helped to explain historical fact about the Roman army
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- Chilt
- 13-12-20
Excellent as always
If you enjoyed the previous books you’ll be in no way disappointed with this one.
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- TheFluffyViking
- 03-09-20
Another cracker from Riches.
Loved the book, and reading the next chapter in Aquila/Corvus's path to vengeance. 'Bit of a sudden stop at the end, but still a very good book! Plenty of action, twists, turns, and even surprises. Gutted to see another favourite character killed, this one lost to a fluke ricocheting bolt, but that's war and if you can't take a joke... (Regular readers of the Empire series will get this one.)
A tad disappointed to find another incidence of legionaries being called 'legionnaires', Marcus being addressed as both tribune and centurion by the same person in the same 'scene', as well as Cotta's name being thrown about like confetti when it was supposed to remain secret and to use his pseudonym 'Centurion Lucius' to keep his true identity hidden.
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-09-20
great book from a great series 👍
have really enjoyed all of these books right from
the wounds of honour book. top series 👍
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- Dene.F.
- 11-10-20
A bad day at the office!
If all the other books in this series were different models of Ferrari's, then this book is an old rusty mini. Apart from the regulars there are no characters with any character that you can believe in or can invest in. Plot? forget it! Not much in the way of military action either. I am sorry that I say this because I had enjoyed this series so much but either this was one book too far or just a bad day at the office. I hope the next one is back on track? Thanks.
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- Tim Cross
- 02-03-21
Fails to deliver on the quality of previous books
I'm a big big fan of this series, but on this occasion the pace of the book and the depth of the plot failed to impress. In many ways this reminded me of the Hobbit film. 3 movies for one book, With the first 8 chapters in the first movie. After listening for 40 minutes to a scene that should have lasted 5, and seeing this pattern constantly repeated, I began to realise the entire book was based on a single idea, with precious little sub plot to support.
Very little fighting, characters see little mention, with too much emphasis on unimportant events. In TV terms this would be considered a "filler" episode. That isn't to say it isn't enjoyable to listen to - but it is well below the authors usual standard.
The ending sets up what promises to be a more exciting next chapter. Narration excellent as per usual .
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