1. Libertas
Spain 45BC. Julius Caesar’s crack legions bear down on an obscure Spanish town, Munda, at the climax of Rome’s civil war. Against him are ranged the massed forces of Pompey the Great’s sons, Gnaeus and Sextus. To the victor, the spoils. Caught up in the conflict is an unlikely hero, Melqart. Near fatally wounded in the battle, his family is sold into slavery and his people oppressed by Arsay One-Eye, a foe crueller than Caesar. Melqart’s quest to free his family takes him to Sicily and the shores of Africa, as he encounters enemies and allies alike. Ultimately, the Spaniard must return to his homeland and confront Arsay. Melqart and his people must free themselves, or die trying.
2. Nest of Vipers (Agents of Rome series: book 1 of 3)
Philippi 42BC. Caesar 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.
3. Viper Pit (Agents of Rome series: book 2 of 3)
Rome 38BC. Pirates have cut off Rome’s grain supplies, antagonising the new Caesar, Octavian. Pacts and compromises have failed, so now Octavian must go to war to eradicate the threat. But can his impoverished navy overcome a superior fleet, commanded by Sextus Pompey? His spymaster, Agrippa, has placed a man inside Pompey's camp – but former centurion Titus Villius Macer must choose where his loyalties lie. The veteran who once saved the pirate leader’s life is torn between a friendship rapidly turning sour and his pledge to serve Rome. Titus and his reliable second-in-command, Crispus, must employ guile – and bloody their swords – to navigate the conflict and protect those closest to them. But sometimes the greater battle is how a man deals with betrayal where he least expects it.
4. Viper's Revenge (Agents of Rome series: book 3 of 3)
36BC. Rome has tired of Sicilian pirates disrupting their grain supplies. Twice the new Caesar, Octavian, has tasted defeat at the hands of the pirate chief, Sextus Pompey. To combat the problem, Octavian creates a naval base and a new fleet manned by thousands of freed slaves. But Rome is a hotbed of treachery, and when a trusted admiral sails into the new harbour to attack the enemy's shipyards, one of Octavian’s most senior spies is cruelly exposed. Titus Villius Macer, former centurion of the Fifth Alaudae legion, must race against time to save his family from the vengeful Sextus. The agent of Rome must bloody his sword once again, and so must his trusted friends as Rome’s new navy and twelve legions from Africa close on the pirates’ stronghold in a pincer movement. Scores will be settled on land and sea in the Battle of Naulochus, the climax of a world-changing conflict and the making of New Rome.
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