A new historical science fiction mystery set in 1st century AD Roman-occupied Britain.
A Bloody Rebellion
Britannia, AD61. Following her disgrace at the hands of the occupying Roman forces, the Iceni Queen Boudicca rouses her own and neighbouring tribes against the Romans, laying waste to Londinium and slaughtering tens of thousands.
A Queen on the Run
Boudicca’s forces clash with the legionary might of the Roman governor at the decisive Battle of Watling Street. Her Iceni warriors utterly defeated, Boudicca flees with the tattered survivors of her bodyguard.
An Enduring Historical Mystery
Historians still dispute the end of Boudicca and the Iceni; did they escape to Wales or Ireland? Or did they stumble across a very different kind of deadly foreign occupier of their native lands?
Book Description
A historical science fiction novella set in 1st century Roman-occupied Britain, The Battle of Watling Street reimagines the disappearance of the rebellious Iceni Queen Boudicca, and introduces the resourceful Celtic hero Dedo, attendant to the doomed warrior queen. The Battle of Watling Street is both a standalone novella, and the prequel to an upcoming contemporary science fiction novel, The Bondage of The Soil: set in 21st century Britain, the story re-treads the very ancient paths once frequented by the natives and their Roman adversaries.
About the Author
Margaret McGoverne is a tyro in the historical science fiction genre, but with her first novella she has cast a fresh speculative eye at the enduring mystery of the fate of Queen Boudicca and the remnants of her once powerful Iceni tribe, following the decisive Battle of Watling Street in AD61.
A Bloody Rebellion
Britannia, AD61. Following her disgrace at the hands of the occupying Roman forces, the Iceni Queen Boudicca rouses her own and neighbouring tribes against the Romans, laying waste to Londinium and slaughtering tens of thousands.
A Queen on the Run
Boudicca’s forces clash with the legionary might of the Roman governor at the decisive Battle of Watling Street. Her Iceni warriors utterly defeated, Boudicca flees with the tattered survivors of her bodyguard.
An Enduring Historical Mystery
Historians still dispute the end of Boudicca and the Iceni; did they escape to Wales or Ireland? Or did they stumble across a very different kind of deadly foreign occupier of their native lands?
Book Description
A historical science fiction novella set in 1st century Roman-occupied Britain, The Battle of Watling Street reimagines the disappearance of the rebellious Iceni Queen Boudicca, and introduces the resourceful Celtic hero Dedo, attendant to the doomed warrior queen. The Battle of Watling Street is both a standalone novella, and the prequel to an upcoming contemporary science fiction novel, The Bondage of The Soil: set in 21st century Britain, the story re-treads the very ancient paths once frequented by the natives and their Roman adversaries.
About the Author
Margaret McGoverne is a tyro in the historical science fiction genre, but with her first novella she has cast a fresh speculative eye at the enduring mystery of the fate of Queen Boudicca and the remnants of her once powerful Iceni tribe, following the decisive Battle of Watling Street in AD61.
