Roman intelligence agent Marcus must escape the court of Emperor Constans when he uncovers the humiliating secret of the young emperor’s vice-ridden entourage.
His flight sends him into a more dangerous assignment to investigate a conspiracy to usurp Constans’ throne. Worse, this mission means spying on the very man whose trust Marcus craves more than anything. Moving from the Late Roman imperial courts to Mursa, the bloodiest battleground of fourth century Europe, the ex-slave must outwit Gallo-Roman rebels, vicious imperial siblings and ruthless espionage rivals—all of them embers of an empire blindly smoldering toward extinction.
Packed with action and intrigue, Usurpers is the second volume in the series The Embers of Empire, sure to delight fans of Steven Saylor, Robert Harris and Bernard Cornwell.
His flight sends him into a more dangerous assignment to investigate a conspiracy to usurp Constans’ throne. Worse, this mission means spying on the very man whose trust Marcus craves more than anything. Moving from the Late Roman imperial courts to Mursa, the bloodiest battleground of fourth century Europe, the ex-slave must outwit Gallo-Roman rebels, vicious imperial siblings and ruthless espionage rivals—all of them embers of an empire blindly smoldering toward extinction.
Packed with action and intrigue, Usurpers is the second volume in the series The Embers of Empire, sure to delight fans of Steven Saylor, Robert Harris and Bernard Cornwell.
