Deceptive Valor: Book NINE (Clay Warrior Stories) by J. Clifton Slater

The heart and life of a battle is the center of the combat line.

A dark, throbbing, and terrifying place.

A place where death prowls between enemy shields, waiting for sharp blades to carve out an advantage.

Welcome to 262 B.C.

A single Legion is rushed into combat to stop a fortified army. The clash between Empire and Republic thrusts thousands of Legionaries into a nasty epicenter of conflict.

In the slaughter yard of a failing shield wall, Alerio Sisera and his infantrymen are cut-off and outnumbered. They will need sacrifice, discipline, and deceptive valor to survive the final assault.

Deceptive Valor is book #9 in the Clay Warrior Stories series

The Clay Warrior Stories are deeply researched historical fiction combined with high adventure. There are no dragons, wizards, or magic spells. Just blades and men skilled in the art of war, living in a time when empires clashed. An era when death rode on the edge of sharp steel and only the lucky or the good walked away from a fight.

• ISBN-13 : 978-1691708147
• 310 pages

Clay Warrior Stories series:

• #1 Clay Legionary
• #2 Spilled Blood
• #3 Bloody Water
• #4 Reluctant Siege
• #5 Brutal Diplomacy
• #6 Fortune Reigns
• #7 Fatal Obligation
• #8 Infinite Courage
• #9 Deceptive Valor
• #10 Neptune's Fury
• #11 Unjust Sacrifice
• #12 Muted Implications
• #13 Death Caller
• #14 Rome’s Tribune