ASIN: B00BFIA2CM
Publisher: Patrick Larkin
Pages: 478
“My name is Lucius Aurelius Valens, and I am a soldier in the service of Rome.”A young Roman officer with a strong sense of justice and duty thwarts corrupt officials plundering the province of Syria and is marked for death. To save his life, he is sent to command a cavalry regiment stationed in ever-restless Judea. He expects only the thankless task of maintaining the Roman peace in a land where he and his soldiers are despised and feared. But this peace is shattered when he and his men discover the massacre of a detachment of Praetorian Guards and the man they were protecting—a member of the Roman Senate and an ally of the emperor Tiberius himself. Plunged straight into a deadly web of murder and intrigue, Valens soon realizes far more is at stake than just his own life and honor.“I can only tell you what I saw and heard and felt and learned.”Valens must find those truly responsible. ...
