Defender of Rome: (Gaius Valerius Verrens 2): A heart-stopping and gripping novel of Roman adventure

Gaius Valerius Verrens Returns To Rome From The Successful Campaign Against Boudicca In Britain. Now Hailed A 'hero Of Rome', Valerius Is Not The Man He Once Was U Scarred Both Physically And Emotionally By The Battles He Has Fought, His Sister Is Mortally Ill, His Father In Self-imposed Exile. And Neither Is Rome The Same City As The One He Left. The Emperor Nero Grows Increasingly Paranoid. Those Who Seek Power For Themselves Whisper Darkly In The Emperor's Ears. They Speak Of A New Threat, One Found Within The Walls Of Rome Itself. A New Religious Sect, The Followers Of Christus, Deny Nero's Divinity And Are Rumoured To Be Spreading Sedition. Nero Calls On His 'hero Of Rome' To Become A 'defender Of Rome', To Seek Out This Rebel Sect, To Capture Their Leader, A Man Known As Petrus. Failure Would Be To Forfeit His Life, And The Lives Of Twenty Thousands Judaeans Living In Rome. But As Valerius Begins His Search, A Quest Which Will Take Him To The Edge Of The Empire, He Will Discover That Success May Cost Him Nearly As Much As Failure. The Biggest Threat To The Empire Lies Within Rome's Own Walls -- Cover. -gaius Valerius Verrens Returns To Rome From The Campaign Against Boudicca. Now Hailed A 'hero Of Rome', Valerius Is Not The Man He Once Was -- Scarred Both Physically And Emotionally. The Emperor Nero Grows Increasingly Paranoid. Those Who Seek Power For Themselves Whisper Darkly In The Emperor's Ears. They Speak Of A New Threat, One Found Within The Walls Of Rome Itself. A New Religious Sect, The Followers Of Christus, Deny Nero's Divinity And Are Rumoured To Be Spreading Sedition. Douglas Jackson. This riveting and action-packed historical thriller from bestselling author Douglas Jackson is real edge of your seat stuff! Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane. Readers are loving Gaius Valerius Verrens! " Absolutely incredible ." - 5 STARS. " Gripping, violent and captivating ." - 5 STARS. " The best Roman historical series I've yet read. Just pips Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden. " - 5 STARS ************************************************************** Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. But he is not the man he once was - scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought. And neither is Rome the same city as the one he left. The Emperor Nero grows increasingly paranoid. There is talk of a new threat, one found within the walls of Rome itself. A new religious sect, the followers of Christus , deny Nero's divinity and are rumoured to be spreading sedition. Nero calls on Valerius to seek out this rebel sect and to capture their leader. Failure would be to forfeit his life, and the lives of twenty thousand Judaeans living in Rome. But as Valerius begins his search, a quest which will take him to the edge of the empire, he will discover that success may cost him nearly as much as failure. Gaius Valerius Verrens's adventures continue in Avenger of Rome . The new book in the Roman trilogy, from the highly acclaimed historical novelist, Douglas Jackson. Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. Now hailed a 'Hero of Rome', Valerius is not the man he once was -- scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought, his sister is mortally ill, his father in self-imposed exile. And neither is Rome the same city as the one he left. The Emperor Nero grows increasingly paranoid. Those who seek power for themselves whisper darkly in the emperor's ears. They speak of a new threat, one found within the walls of Rome itself. A new religious sect, the followers of Christus, deny Nero's divinity and are rumoured to be spreading sedition. Nero calls on his 'Hero of Rome' to become a 'Defender of Rome', to seek out this rebel sect, to capture their leader, a man known as Petrus. Failure would be to forfeit his life, and the lives of twenty thousands Judaeans living in Rome. But as Valerius begins his search, a quest which will take him to the edge of the empire, he will discover that success may cost him nearly as much as failure. "A divided empire cannot stand. The biggest threat to the Empire comes not from the armies of Boudicca or the hordes of Germania but from within the walls of Rome itself. A new religious sect, the followers of Christus, are spreading sedition, denying the divinity of the Emperor. And Nero is not a man to be denied. Nero calls on his 'Hero of Rome' to become a 'Defender of Rome', to seek out this rebel sect, to capture their leader, a man known as Petrus. Failure would be to forfeit his life, and the lives of twenty thousands Judaeans living in Rome. But as Valerius begins his search, a quest which will take him to the edge of the empire, he will discover that success may cost him nearly as much as failure."--Provided by publisher