I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!' Petro muttered. Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed on of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law citizens are not imprisoned but are allowed 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire. One dark and gloomy dawn Petro and Falcoput the evit Balbinus aboard ship. But soon after, an outbreak of robbery and murder suggest a new criminal ring has moved into Balbinus' territory. Petro and Falco must descend into the underworld of Vespasian's Rome to investigate...
- ISBN10 0446605913
- ISBN13 9780446605915
- Publish Date 1 January 1998 (first published 15 June 1995)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Imprint Warner Books (NY)
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 432
- Language English