Iceni: The Year of Sacrifice

Iceni: The Year of Sacrifice by Stephen D. Owen

Genre: Historical Fiction

First of a trilogy

Setting: The story is set in 60 AD in Roman Britain, focusing on the events leading up to Boudica's rebellion.

Review

4.5 Stars

A story of defiance and greed

Boudica's story against Rome, which humiliated her and her daughters. Great choice for opening chapters, the loss of a king, the arrival of the enemy, and the betrayal of those close to her.

Violent and traumatic scenes with closed-door descriptions, but we still get fired up to support her revenge and defiance tale. Lots of action as well. My favorite chapters are Boudica's.

It shows great research and knowledge of the historical events.

Flows well, and because this is the first of the trilogy, I'm looking forward to getting to that third book.

What is it about?

Iceni: The Year of Sacrifice is the first thrilling instalment in this historical trilogy.

60 AD. The death of Prasutagus, the Iceni king, leaves his kingdom divided between Rome and his daughters. The Roman Procurator Catus Decianus seizes the entire territory and brutalizes Boudica and her family.

Driven by vengeance, Boudica rallies the Iceni tribe and allies including the Trinovantes, Coritani, and Catuvellauni. As Roman forces are preoccupied in the north, Boudica's rebel army advances on Camulodunum, the Roman provincial capital, where a vastly outnumbered Roman defence struggles to hold.

With the fate of Roman Britannia hanging in the balance, the epic tale of sacrifice, rebellion, and fierce determination unfolds.

 👉The author was inspired to write the story by the discovery of Lindow Man, a peat body from the Iron Age, who is theorized to have been a high-born sacrificial victim and possibly a druid priest connected to the Iceni Revolt.

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