Blurb
Wall of Hadrian. Britannia, 382 AD
War is creeping back into the land. As silent as snowfall, as inevitable as winter. They’ve had sixteen years of peace, but all things must end.
Tribune Sixtus Victorinus has grown old, complacent. Blind to the truth that stares him in the face, he contents himself with what he has. He runs errands for the Dux Britanniarum Flavius Maximus and watches with joy as his boys grow to become men.
It is his friend, Prefect Gaius Felicius, who first spots the signs. Once more, the Caledonian tribes are rearing their heads in the north, but the greatest danger does not lie with them.
For there is a new pretender to the throne of the West. Another man who seeks to drape himself in purple. Caught up in a scheme they cannot comprehend, Victorinus and Felicius must navigate their way through both a war in the depths of winter, and a treasonous plot that will shake the Roman Empire to its core.
A new age dawns on the men of the Britannia. For Victorinus, he must fight for the right to see the sun rise over it.
331 pages, Paperback
Published January 29, 2024
Review
Heart-pounding storytelling, my peeps, and fellow readers. An attention grabber from the get-go that never relents. Characters are fleshed out and tested to their limits…an excellent sequel that will keep you guessing, but never bored, sleep deprived perhaps, but never bored. 5 Stars
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