206 BCE. The 2nd Punic War has entered its twelfth year. In Spain the final contest for supremacy between Rome and Carthage is about to unfold as each side gears up for the decisive battle. Pushing west towards the last Punic strongholds Publius Cornelius Scipio stands on the brink of total victory. But deadly unseen forces are at work to try and thwart him. In the shadows an assassin lurks seeking an opportunity to arrest the rise of the one man who can bring Carthage to her knees. Tasked with protecting his patron, Julian, son of Flavius, a military tribune, must do his best to find the assassin before it is too late.

The Conquest of Spain is the final book in the Soldier of the Republic series.