RETURN

The sensational breakout historical thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller and Ancient Rome expert Harry Sidebottom. He came home a hero, but death isn't finished with him yet. 145BC, Calabria. After years of spilling blood for Rome, Gaius Furius Paullus has returned home to spend his remaining days working quietly on the family farm. But it seems death has stalked him from the battlefield. Just days after his arrival, bodies started appearing - murdered and mutilated - and as the deaths stack up, and panic spreads, the war hero becomes the prime suspect. After all, Paullus has butchered countless enemies on the battlefield, and could have brought his habit home with him. With the psychological effects of combat clouding every thought, he must use all his soldier's instincts to hunt the real killer, because if they are not brought to justice soon, he may become the next victim. Relentless, brutal and brilliant, rich in detail, and an extraordinarily vivid take on the ancient world. 343pp in paperback with historical note.