Just a couple chapters in, But so far, Angus Watson's Book "Age of Iron" has the right feel to it without being magic or fantasy driven. It is a fictional accounting of what happened during the Roman invasion of Britain that caused Rome to pack up and go home after "Conquering Britain and having no reason to stay afterward" Make sure you tune when once I've finished to get my full review!
Publisher's Summary
Legends aren't born. They're made. Dug Sealskinner is a down-on-his-luck mercenary traveling south to join up with King Zadar's army. But he keeps rescuing the wrong people. First Spring, a child he finds scavenging on the battlefield, and then Lowa, one of Zadar's most fearsome warriors, who has vowed revenge on the king for her sister's execution. Now Dug's on the wrong side of the thousands-strong army he hoped to join - and worse, Zadar has bloodthirsty druid magic on his side. All Dug has is his war hammer, one small child, and one unpredictable, highly-trained warrior with a lust for revenge that might get them all killed....
