This isn't one of Sutcliff's best books, but nonetheless a firm favourite of mine.
After making a costly error that almost ends his career in the Roman army, Alexios is banished to the wilds of Scotland to rot among the Frontier Wolves, a pack of insubordinate half-barbarian troops with a thoroughly bad rep. There, he makes unlikely friends and dangerous enemies, and learns to love his unruly, hard-nosed men.
But fortune soon plays a cruel joke on Alexios, and he is called upon to make the very same decision that ruined his life. What will he do? Buy the book and find out!
(Book cover photo from: http://www.amazon.com/)
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