"I've heard Cretan archers are good bowmen but weak skirmishers," a Tribune offered. "It has something to do with the teeny, tiny shields they wear like jewelry on their left forearms." "They wear jewelry into combat," Tribune Scipio moaned. "What have I done?" Set in the desperate years of the Second Punic War, the series follows the exploits of Cretan archer Jace Kasia and Roman Legion Tribune Cornelius Scipio. One is a castaway searching for a home while the other seeks to step out of the shadow of a famous father. On their journey from exile, the orphan and the descendant will need to come together to save a trapped Legion from total annihilation. Welcome to 232 B.C. From J. Clifton Slater, author of the nineteen-book series Clay Warrior Stories, comes a new historical adventure. Complete with all the action, personal conflict, actual locations, brutal battles, and historical notes you've come to expect. A Legion Archer series takes you inside the war that almost broke the Roman Republic.