Invader Short Stories Books in Order

The Invader short stories follow Optio Horatius Figulus, a tough junior officer serving with the Second Legion in Roman Britain in AD 44. They are tightly linked novellas that sit alongside the early Cato and Macro campaigns, zooming in on one brutal corner of the invasion.

In Death Beach Figulus joins a small force sent to storm the Isle of Vectis, a supposedly quick strike to crush a native base. The landing turns into a desperate fight in rough seas and freezing weather, with Roman discipline matched against guerrilla tactics.

Blood Enemy and Dark Blade push deeper into occupied territory. Figulus and a hand‑picked group must help install and protect a puppet king among hostile tribes, fend off druidic plots and survive the poisonous politics that follow any Roman intervention.

In the later novellas, Imperial Agent and Sacrifice, Figulus finds himself working closer to the shadows. He is drawn into missions that blur the line between soldiering and intelligence work, acting on orders that come from far above his pay grade and often sit uneasily with his sense of honour.

Across the sequence, Scarrow uses Figulus to show a different slice of the same war Cato and Macro are fighting: small units operating on the fringes, where a handful of men can change the fate of a province. The stories are lean, focused on patrols, ambushes and impossible choices made far from the safety of the legions’ main camps.

For readers of the main Eagles series, the Invader novellas offer extra context on the British campaign. For newcomers, they stand alone as a compact, hard‑edged look at Rome’s struggle to tame a sullen, mist‑shrouded island.