The mask of command
By: Ian Ross
Series: Twilight of empire -- 4
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9781784975258; 9781784975241; 9781784975265
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Romans; History; Historical fiction; Soldiers; Fiction; Emperors
Description: "Commander of the frontier. When a treacherous act of murder throws the western provinces into turmoil, Aurelius Castus is ordered to take command of the military forces on the Rhine. But he soon discovers that the frontier is a place where the boundaries between civilisation and barbarism, freedom and slavery, honour and treason have little meaning. At the very heart of the conflict are two vulnerable boys. One is Emperor Constantine's young heir, Crispus. The other is Castus's own beloved son, Sabinus. Only Castus stands between them and men who would kill them. With all that he loves in danger, Castus and a handful of loyal men must fight to defend the Roman Empire. But in the heat of battle, can he distingish friend from enemy?"--Book jacket flap.