Enjoyable. Further adventures of Faustus Silvius Valerianus. In this outing he is sent to Hibernia to train a native army to put the true High king on the throne. When that is concluded successfully, he returns to Roman Britain, he is then sent to the far north as Prefect of Batavians in one of the outlying northern forts. He has to contend with a most unhappy widowed sister, Silvia, who has come with her son to live with him. The boy is thrilled with his new life. Cleaning up after a mudslide, which destroys property and people is a challenge for him. He fights a band of rebels from the Orcades [today's Orkneys] and Hibernians and must reckon with his personal life, including a tribeswoman from the Orcades. The story was enthralling, and I do think the author's style is delightful. ( )