Short Synopsis
J. Clifton Slater presents Book 9 in the Clay Warrior Stories series.

Full Synopsis
The heart and life of a battle is the center of the combat line.

A dark, throbbing, and terrifying place.

A place where death prowls between enemy shields, waiting for sharp blades to carve out an advantage.

Welcome to 262 B.C.

A single Legion is rushed into combat to stop a fortified army. The clash between Empire and Republic thrusts thousands of Legionaries into a nasty epicenter of conflict.

In the slaughter yard of a failing shield wall, Alerio Sisera and his infantrymen are cut-off and outnumbered. They will need sacrifice, discipline, and deceptive valor to survive the final assault.