The sheen of Hollywood''s Rome is blasted away for this gritty unflinching tale of an unsung commander in Caesar''s Legions In 52 BCE Gaul Caesar''s forces lay siege to the barbarian stronghold of Alesia in one of the biggest battles in history; nearby another barbarian army prepares to attack the Romans from behind led by the rebel Cammius who once fought for Rome Caesar dispatches his greatest general Caius Rodius to track through the untamed countryside & bring back the rebel''s head Who better to hunt Cammius than the man who taught him the very skills he now uses to defy Rome? Torn between duty & friendship Rodius questions whether the Roman "road of stone & blood" is a path he still wants to follow Story by Tito Faraci (Diabolik Spider-Man The Secret of Glass The Devil & Captain America) with art by Dan Brereton (Nocturnals The Punisher God-Sized Thor Red Sonja)