ASIN: B08463HGCG
Publisher: Sharpe Books
Pages: 121
Agents of Rome - Book One"A gripping and exciting read, well-researched and convincing." Peter Tonkin, author of The Ides.Philippi42BCCaesar is dead and his successors crave vengeance.The massed legions of Octavian and Mark Antony face off against Cassius and Brutus.Primus pilus Titus Villius Macer is ordered to probe new defences thrown up by the assassins' auxiliaries.His success wins him an audience with the young general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, who sends him on a mission to his native Sicilia, which is ruled by the pirate Sextus Pompey.Macer's homecoming is different to what he expects, however. His wife has changed - and so has the governance of the island.The soldier becomes a spy and is drawn into a plot, which will test his mettle and loyalty, involving piracy and assassination.A race against time and sea-battle await the veteran.Nest of Vipers is the first book in the Agents ...
