454 AD.
Accompanying Ambrosius is a disparate group of fellow refugees: Inga, a freed Saxon slave, his bucellarii - warriors sworn to him - and the surviv.
He must carve out a new life beyond the empire.
His years of loyal service to the emperor count for nothing now.
Disgraced Imperial Officer, Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus, flees to its shores seeking sanctuary in the land of his deceased mother.
Even after years of Roman rule, Britannia is a conflicted and largely untamed land. 454 AD