Cornelius

The young Cornelius marches with the fifth legion to chastise the barbarian hordes of Dacia who dared cross Roman borders; he dreams of glory, wealth and power, even thinking of a later life of ease in the senate. Dreams are but dust in the wind and in a decisive battle the legion is crushed. The few survivors flee to the sanctuary of the carpathian mountains, harried by war bands, starving and dying from the extreme cold. Darkness and solitude become thier only comforts and they find themselves welcoming the darkness, wishing for it.

This is a tale of blood and treachery, war and power, pain and damnation but also one one of friendship and love.

Taking you from the mighty civilisations of Rome, Samarkand and China to the barbarian lands of Scotland and Romania it is a tale of gut wrenching battles, ambition and blood fought both with friends and between them.