The first in a brilliant new series set during the second punic war, from the bestselling author of in the first punic war, the Roman legions defeated and humiliated carthage, their only serious rival for power in the me...The first in a brilliant new series set during the second punic war, from the bestselling author of in the first punic war, the Roman legions defeated and humiliated carthage, their only serious rival for power in the mediterranean. Now a brilliant young carthaginian general, called Hannibal, is out for revenge.