Rome: The Coming of the King by M.C. Scott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Well, hello there. Two of my fascinations rolled up into one. The Roman Empire and the early days of Christianity, presented here as a riproaring read. It goes;
Sebastos Pantera, known to his many enemies as the Leopard, is the spy the Emperor Nero uses only for the most challenging and important of missions. Hunting alone, trusting no-one, he must find the most dangerous man in Rome’s empire and bring him to bloody justice.
But his prey is cunning, subtle and ruthless. Saulos has pledged to bring about the destruction of Rome and her provinces and now fate, good luck and planning have given him the means to do so.
It will take the strategies of a master hunter to combat the brilliance of Saulos’ plan, but Pantera has a new ally, a king in the making who could change the future of his people; a man he can finally trust. If they work together, they could bring a province back from the edge of ruin. But first, they must attempt the impossible; an assault on an invulnerable fortress, where failure means death to them both.
And it certainly lives up to its promise as your’e drawn into a web of intrigue, combined with moments of extreme violence. The characters leap from the page, and even though I hadn’t read the first book, the back story is ably filled in. Ms Scott brings something new to the historical characters we already know, and this was a real treat.
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