The Shadow of the Eagle. The Broken Standard: A Highland Duology, #1

He didn't strike the blow. But someone saw. In Roman Scotland, where the Antonine Wall marks the edge of empire, a grain raid gone wrong has left Marcellus a hunted man. Known by two names - one Roman, one British - he returns with a wounded companion and too many secrets. Silvia, now seventeen, remembers him from childhood. But the man who arrives is older, guarded, and carrying the weight of a betrayal no one will name.
As tensions rise between Rome and the Highland clans, Silvia must navigate the silence between what is said and what is meant. In a world of broken treaties, shifting loyalties, and dangerous charm, even memory can be a weapon. The Shadow of the Eagle is a literary historical novel of restraint, memory, and quiet resistance - set in Roman Scotland, where empire falters and silence holds its own kind of power.