Last Act in Palmyra

SUMMARY: The spirit of adventure calls Marcus Didius Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East. A dangerous brush with Brother, the sinister ruler of Nabataean Petra, sends Falco and his girlfriend Helena on a fast camel ride to Syria. There they join a travelling theatre, but bad acting and poor audiences are almost as bad as the scorpions. Then, as the killer hovers, Falco tries to write a play . . .