
Book four in the epic Masters of Rome series Rome 68 BC Julius Caesar has proved himself a brilliant general But when he returns to Rome he lays down arms only to take up another battle this time for political power This is a war waged with words plots schemes metaphotical assassinations
- but also with seduction & guile Love is just another weapon in Caesar's political arsenal for the key to political glory lies with Rome's noblewomen powerful vindictive Servilia whose son Brutus deeply resents his mother's passionate destructive relationhshiop with Caesar; Rome's revered Vestal Virgins; & even Caesar's own daughter sacrificed on the altar of his ambition