12 Quotes by M.C. Scott

Given of the god,Given to the god,Taken by the god in valour, honour and glory.May you journey safely to your destination.

The sun edged up until it caught the first heights of our standards. I saw the raised fist of Jupiter reach for the first rays, folding the light into its majesty so that it blazed with a life all its own.I raised my hand to join it and the cheer that broke along the line was deeper than the enemy drumbeats, lasted longer, grew louder, and harder. It reached the oncoming cavalry and I saw them check in their advance, saw the horses pitch and stumble as they took the first rise of the hill.

In the centre of our line, eighty paces to my left, I felt Cadus raise his hand; I did not need to look.‘Sound,’ he said. That was all.