Sebastos Pantera known to his many enemies as the Leopard is the spy the Emperor Nero uses only for the most challenging & important of missions. Hunting alone trusting no-one he must find the most dangerous man in Rome's empire & bring him to bloody justice. But his prey is cunning subtle & ruthless. Saulos has pledged to bring about the destruction of Rome & her provinces & now fate good luck & planning have given him the means to do so. It will take the strategies of a master hunter to combat the brilliance of Saulos' plan but Pantera has a new ally a king in the making who could change the future of his people; a man he can finally trust. If they work together they could bring a province back from the edge of ruin. But first they must attempt the impossible; an assault on an invulnerable fortress where failure means death to them both.