Ross presents us with a vision of late Rome that is tense, exhilarating, complex and exotic...
When a treacherous act of murder throws the western provinces into turmoil, Aurelius Castus is ordered to take command of the military forces on the Rhine.
But he soon discovers that the frontier is a place where the boundaries between civilisation and barbarism, freedom and slavery, honour and treason have little meaning.
At the very heart of the conflict are two vulnerable boys. One is Emperor Constantine's young heir, Crispus. The other is Castus's own beloved son, Sabinus. Only Castus stands between them and men who would kill them. With all that he loves in danger, Castus and a handful of loyal men must fight to defend the Roman Empire.
But in the heat of battle, can he distinguish friend from enemy?
- ISBN10 1784975257
- ISBN13 9781784975258
- Publish Date 12 January 2017 (first published 1 December 2016)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 April 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Head of Zeus
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English