The Eagle of the Ninth (The Roman Britain Trilogy Book One) (The Roman Britain Trilogy, 1) / Sutcliff, Rosemary

The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of Northern Britain―and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's never been solved, until now . . .

Marcus has to find out what happened to his father, who led the legion. So he sets out into the unknown, on a quest so dangerous that nobody expects him to return.