Also out this week in hardcover: The City by Adrian Goldsworthy

June 9th also saw the publication in hardcover and kindle of historian Adrian Goldsworthy's The City, the second in his City of Victory trilogy set in the second century AD at the eastern end of the Empire. The paperback is expected in February 2023.

AD 114: Nicopolis. In the arid plains beyond the empire's Eastern Frontier, a Roman legion lays siege to the city of Nicopolis. Estranged from his beloved Enica to keep her safe, centurion Flavius Ferox is still working for the emperor's cousin, the calculating and ruthless Hadrian. Sent to uncover wholesale corruption in the army, Ferox has killed a tribune and is under suspended sentence of death – but he knows more traitors are at large.

As the siege builds, Ferox will have to figure out who can be trusted, and just what it is that Hadrian really wants...

Hardcover: Publication date: 9 June 2022 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1789545784 Pages: 480

Paperback: Publication date: February 2023 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1789545807 Pages: 480

Kindle: Publication date: 9 June 2022 Publisher: Head of Zeus

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