The legions have departed. The last vestiges of Roman authority are gone and a thriving colony that has lasted for more than four hundred years is poised on the brink of destruction.
Publius Varrus and Caius Britannicus are two Romans who choose to stay, choose to fight for their adopted land. They will build a hill-top fort that will withstand the onslaughts of the barbarians who seek to plunder Britain's wealth.
Out of their struggles a new Britain and a new people will emerge - Britons who are carefully crafted alloy, a tempered fusion of Roman and Celtic greatness.
And one thing more . . .
These two men are great-grandfathers to the man known as Athur, King of the Britons, and their actions will help shape a nation . ..and forge the sword known as Excalibur.
