THE ROMAN EMPIRE HAS NO MERCY IN ITS QUEST FOR POWER.
Aurelius Castus is one of the leading military commanders of an empire riven by civil war. As the Emperor Constantine grows ever more ruthless in his pursuit of power, Castus fears that the world he knows is slipping away.

On the eve of the war's final campaign, Castus discovers that the emperor's son Crispus aims to depose his father and restore the old ways of Rome.

Castus must choose between honour and survival, and face a final confrontation with the most powerful man in the Roman world, the ruler he has sworn loyally to serve: the Emperor Constantine himself.

A corking story, thoroughly exciting and with some of the best fighting sequences I've read * For Winter Nights *
With plenty of intrigue and bloody action, this is historical fiction at its rollicking best * Sunday Sport *
This tense, immersive novel is [...] the best of a fine series * Sunday Express *
[A] series that doesn't let up in quality * Weekend Sport *
With battles at sea and on land, Ross brings this dysfunctional Roman family to life * Sunday Express *
Utterly thrilling... Ian Ross has secured Constantine a firm place in Roman military historical fiction' * For Winter Nights *

Ian Ross has been researching and writing about the later Roman world and its army for over a decade. He spent a year in Italy, teaching English, but now lives in Bath. Visit his website: www.ianjamesross.com, or find him on twitter: @IanRossAuthor.