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The Iron Hand of Mars is actually the first book I've read of the Falco series. I randomly picked up a battered copy at a used books stall in some weekend market, as the premise of a Roman-era detective was too good to pass on.
Nor was I disappointed. It took me a while to get the rest of the books, but I went back and read the series in order.
This novel tells of Falco on a secret mission to Germania. Exepct the usual noir-style mystery, tempered with the hazards of travel to a barbarian land. Ad ...more
Nor was I disappointed. It took me a while to get the rest of the books, but I went back and read the series in order.
This novel tells of Falco on a secret mission to Germania. Exepct the usual noir-style mystery, tempered with the hazards of travel to a barbarian land. Ad ...more
Falco hits the road again in this fourth novel, this time for Germania. Unlike the first two novels, where the action split between Rome and rural locales, almost all of "The Iron Hand of Mars" is set in Gaul and Germany. The grit of the frontier backdrops matches Falco's sour attitude toward the journey and his Imperial mission. His girlfriend Helena Justina fortunately joins the more urban portions of the trip, as their character interactions in Davis's subtle prose are the highlight of these
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