In Book 4 of the Dacian Wildcat Series, Castor's fight for identity becomes a fight for control over his own future.After the death of Aeolus Domitian, twelve-year-old Castor hopes the harshest days of Roman authority are behind him. But his uncle Darius steps into the role of family patriarch and guardian, determined to turn Castor into the skilled Roman officer he believes the boy is meant to become.Castor is placed under demanding military trainers who push him through sword drills, endurance training, battlefield formations, strategy, and discipline. Some of the men are fair. Some are harsh. All of them expect him to prove he belongs among Rome's elite young trainees.But Castor does not want to belong to Rome.As his body grows stronger and his military skill sharpens, his mind turns toward another purpose. He longs for his Dacian father, Genaro, and for the life that was taken from him. When his family travels back to Tomis, the busy coastal city where ships sail for Rome, Castor begins building a secret plan-one that may involve his enslaved friends, Hector and Brahn, and a dangerous journey no one would ever allow him to take.Panos sees Castor's anger, fear, and restlessness, but Roman law and Darius's authority limit how much he can do. As father and son strain against one another, Castor learns that strategy is not only for the battlefield.Set in the Roman world after the conquest of Dacia, Castor's Plan is a historical adventure about loyalty, family authority, military training, friendship, and one boy's determination to choose his own path.
