{"product_id":"silk-road-centurion-scott-forbes-crawford-paperback","title":"Silk Road Centurion -- Scott Forbes Crawford, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eRipped away from all he had known, he fought for a new life. Now he must fight for his new family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 53 B.C. Roman soldier Manius Titinius falls captive to a warband of Xiongnu, nomadic horsemen who rule the seas of grass between the Gobi Desert and Mountains of Heaven. His forced march to the east plunges him into a new world of wonder and peril. Manius has only his fighting spirit and faith in Fortuna, goddess of luck, to aid him in a faraway land: China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManius rots in the Xiongnu slave camp. Until, with the help of a Chinese family, he escapes. In their frontier village he grapples with the language and learns a new way of life. Then his former captors track him down and attack. Will Fortuna stand with Manius through the siege? Will the proud Roman forge a Chinese destiny? Can he ever find his way home?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom windswept valleys to bustling cultural crossroads ... from daring rescue missions to the daily struggle for survival on the borderlands ... \u003cem\u003eSilk Road Centurion\u003c\/em\u003e opens a gateway to an ancient realm of romance, discovery and adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fortuna, be with me. May I come before you with bloodied hands.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Forbes Crawford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Camphor Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788692793\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crawford, Scott Forbes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49362761515236,"sku":"9781788692793","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/419-n6D879L.jpg?v=1783590358","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/silk-road-centurion-scott-forbes-crawford-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}