The third novel in this brilliant series, set at the end of the Roman empire, sees Constantine battling for supremacy against the tyrant Maxentius.
Centurion Aurelius Castus has been promoted to tribune, and seems settled in a life of comfort with his new wife and young son. But Rome is in the tyrannical grip of the usurper Maxentius, and the emperor Constantine plans to retake the city in a surprise attack from the west.
Castus, who once saved the emperor’s life, is called upon to play a key role in the campaign, but is enmeshed in politics and stratagems beyond his control. Nothing is what it seems – not even his fragile marriage to Sabina.
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