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Set in the 6th century A.D., Owain, a fourteen-year-old Roman, stumbles across a battlefield, finding his brother and father dead. The Saxon invaders have conquered Britain. As a slave, Owain learns the ways of this other people.

about the author

Rosemary Sutcliff (England, 1920-1992) wrote over fifty books for young people. Her first two were published in 1950 and her last were published posthumously.