EMPEROR'S KNIFE: The Imperial Assassin Book 2

Rome teeters on the brink of civil war. Emperor Severus is on his deathbed. His sons Geta and Caracalla, feuding in Britannia, are readying for a devastating power struggle. Silus, an assassin in the Arcani, the secretive network of spies and killers, is thrown into the maelstrom. Back in Rome, plots breed in the stinking alleys. Everyone might be an enemy. Silus' loyalty will be tested to breaking point, and with the Empire starting to buckle under the strain, he has to ask what matters - Rome or his own damned soul? Brothers, emperors, deadly enemies, we are transported to Ancient Rome. 355pp in paperback.