The Terror of Constantinople (Death of Rome Saga Book Two) (Aelric 2)

610ad The Bloodthirsty Emperor Phocas Is Preparing For The Greatest Battle Of His Life. Enemy Armies Are Racing Closer To Attack His Fortress, The Golden City Of Constantinople, And Traitors Within Plot His Downfall. Clinging To Power By Masterminding A Campaign Of Terror, He Is Running Out Of Funds, Allies And Time . . . But He Has One Card Left To Play. Aelric, A Naïve And Ambitious Young Clerk From Britain, Is Sent To Constantinople Ostensibly On A Mission To Copy Old Texts For The Church Of Rome. On His Arrival He Discovers The Terrible Dangers Lurking Behind The Shining Streets And Glittering Facades. A Pawn In A Secret Conspiracy That Will Change The Course Of History, He Can Only Rely On His Wits, Charm And Fighting Skills To Stay Alive. If you loved Gladiator and Spartacus, you'll love the second book in the DEATH OF ROME SAGA. 610 AD. Invaded by Persians and barbarians, the Byzantine Empire is tearing itself apart in civil war. Phocas, the maniacally bloodthirsty Emperor, holds Constantinople by a reign of terror. The uninvaded provinces are turning one at a time to the usurper, Heraclius. Just as the battle for the Empire approaches its climax, Aelric of England turns up in Constantinople. Blackmailed by the Papacy to leave off his career of lechery and market-rigging in Rome, he thinks his job is to gather texts for a semi-comprehensible dispute over the Nature of Christ. Only gradually does he realise he is a pawn in a much larger game. 610 AD. The bloodthirsty Emperor Phocas is preparing for the greatest battle of his life. Enemy armies are racing closer to attack his fortress, the golden city of Constantinople; traitors within plot his downfall. Clinging to power by masterminding a campaign of terror, he is running out of funds, allies and time. But he has one card left to play.