He’s angered the most powerful man in the world. Five thousand loyal soldiers guarding the Danube frontier despise his family name. A Germanic warlord across the river is waiting to kill him. And he must risk them all to find the only woman he’s ever loved. When ex-tribune Marcus Carinna is recruited by an imperial spymaster for a secret mission among the hostile German tribes, he jumps at the excuse to restore his honor while searching for his beloved Aurima. But as his troops advance into the dark menace and magic of the Amber Road, he will discover that he is not out of reach of his enemies’ vengeance -- and that saving what truly matters is going to demand more heart and will than he knew he possessed.