From BBC Radio 4 Extra. Written by Lindsey Davis; Full-cast dramatisation
starring Anton Lesser as Falco, with Anna Madeley as Helena Justina;
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.

Falco is dispatched to one of the most hostile parts of the Empire to
deliver a new standard - an iron hand - to one of the legions. Germania
is cold, wet, dismal and full of dark forests inhabited by bloodthirsty
barbarians, but Falco has an even bigger problem to worry about: he has
forgotten Helena Justina's birthday, and she is being pursued by the
Emperor's son Titus Caesar. As Falco makes his way through dangerous
territory, he encounters the aftermath of a grisly crime, investigates
the case of a missing legate, gets into trouble with a centurion and has
a fateful encounter with a Celtic priestess and a giant bull. With the
help of his travelling companions - Helena's tribune brother Justinus,
redundant barber Xanthus and Helveticus - Falco must try to complete his
most deadly mission yet...

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