Thank you to the numerous people who commented on parts or all of this work. In no particular order, these include S. J. A. Turney, Gordon Doherty, Jerome Wilson, John Campbell, Kirsty Hooper, Dr H. Dawson, Caroline Lawrence and David Hillier. Thanks to Ben Evans and Cornerstones Literary Consultancy for the professional and thorough editing work. Thanks also to the friends who gave me encouragement to press on and finish this work, and believing in it. Thanks of course to Abigail and Naomi for putting up with the many hours shutting myself away to work on this. Thanks also to everyone at Canelo, including Michael Bhaskar and Laurel Sills, for taking on the story of Carbo, and encouraging me to relate more of his adventures, as well as a new upcoming series set in the time of Caracalla.
Alex Gough, 2018