Hannibal: Enemy of Rome by Ben Kane

Hannibal: Enemy of Rome by Ben Kane

As Rome rose to power in the 3rd century BCE there was only one real rival in the Mediterranean--Carthage. In the First Punic War, the Roman legions defeated and humiliated Carthage. Now Hannibal, a brilliant young Carthaginian general, is out for revenge.

Caught up in the maelstrom are two young boys, Hanno, the son of a distinguished soldier and confidant of Hannibal, and Quintus, son of a Roman equestrian and landowner. A disastrous adventure will see Hanno sold into slavery and bought by Quintus's father. Although an unexpected friendship springs up between the two boys--and with Quintus's sister, Aurelia--the fortunes of the two warring empires will tear them apart. In Ben Ken's Hannibal: Enemy of Rome, they find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict and an alliance forged through slavery will be played out to its stunning conclusion in battle.

A master of his discipline rightly hailed as one of the best historical novelists writing today. --Daily Express

BEN KANE is the bestselling author of The Forgotten Legion trilogy and Spartacus: The Gladiator, which was a top-three Sunday Times bestseller. Kane has traveled extensively, visiting over sixty places on seven continents as a lifetime student of military history. He currently resides in North Somerset, UK, with his family.