About: Fire in the East (novel)

Fire in the East is a historical novel in the Warrior of Rome Series by Harry Sidebottom, first published in 2008. It is the first novel in the series, focusing on the exploits of Marcus Clodius Ballista (a fictionalized version of Balista, or Callistus), a Roman military officer originally of the Germanic Angles, during the military and political Crisis of the Third Century. Fire in the East spent five weeks on the United Kingdom's Top 10 list upon its release in 2008, and has since sold over 100,000 copies.