He didn't strike the blow. But someone saw.In Roman Scotland, where the Antonine Wall marks the edge of empire, a grain raid gone wrong has left Marcellus a hunted man. Known by two names — one Roman, one British — he returns with a wounded companion and too many secrets. Silvia, now seventeen, remembers him from childhood. But the man who arrives is older, guarded, and carrying the weight of a betrayal no one will name.As tensions rise between Rome and the Highland clans, Silvia must navigate the silence between what is said and what is meant. In a world of broken treaties, shifting loyalties, and dangerous charm, even memory can be a weapon.The Shadow of the Eagle is a literary historical novel of restraint, memory, and quiet resistance — set in Roman Scotland, where empire falters and silence holds its own kind of power.

He didn't strike the blow. But someone saw.In Roman Scotland, where the Antonine Wall marks the edge of empire, a grain raid gone wrong has left Marcellus a hunted man. Known by two names — one Roman, one British — he returns with a wounded companion and too many secrets. Silvia, now seventeen, remembers him from childhood. But the man who arrives is older, guarded, and carrying the weight of a betrayal no one will name.As tensions rise between Rome and the Highland clans, Silvia must navigate the silence between what is said and what is meant. In a world of broken treaties, shifting loyalties, and dangerous charm, even memory can be a weapon.The Shadow of the Eagle is a literary historical novel of restraint, memory, and quiet resistance — set in Roman Scotland, where empire falters and silence holds its own kind of power.