While in distant Rome, the Emperor Claudius holds the balance of lives in his hands. Caught between them are two children, son and daughter to two of the greatest warriors their world has ever seen.

Each stands on the opposing side in a brutal war between the occupying army and the defeated tribes each is determined to see the other dead. Dreaming The Bull continues the story of Breaca - now hailed Boudica, the Bringer of Victory, and her half-brother, Bán, now an officer in the Roman auxiliary cavalry. In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome - the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush the vibrant native civilization of our island home. In fact be prepared to experience every emotion.' - ***** Reader review ********************************************* THIS IS A HEART-STOPPING STORY OF WAR AND PEACE OF LOVE, PASSION AND BETRAYAL OF DRUIDS AND GODS IN A WORLD WHERE EACH LIFE IS SACRED BUT EACH DEATH EVEN MORE SO. It makes you laugh and cry, love and hate. Highly recommend it!' - ***** Reader review 'Every book in the series has you on the edge of your seat. History and fiction woven together in a memorising way and creating a real and vivid picture of life in Britain 2000 years ago. Plenty of development of the main characters from the first book, lots of suspense and page turning action.' - ***** Reader review 'Amazing writing, spellbinding, transporting. 'One of the boldest of recent adventures in historical fiction.Scott celebrates the mystic matriarchy of the British tribe with lush lyricism and story-weaving panache.' - INDEPENDENT 'A cry for freedom cloaked in lyrical and sensitive prose.' - OXFORD TIMES 'Of the recent historical novels set in Roman times, this is the best one I've read.' - MAIL ON SUNDAY 'So well written and atmospheric that you are 'there' along with the characters. If you like Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden, you will love this second book in THE SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Manda Scott's epic retelling of the story of Britain's great warrior queen.

Dreaming the Bull by Manda Scott