It is 42 AD, and Cato has just arrived in Germany as a new recruit to the tough Second Legion. Cato is assigned to the unit of Centurion Macro - a fearless, battle-scarred veteran. Cato will have to prove himself in the adventures that lie ahead. In a bloody skirmish with the local German tribes, Cato gets his chance to show that he’s more than a callow youth. But then the men discover that the legion’s next campaign will take them to a land of unparalleled barbarity - Britain