Arms of Nemesis: A Novel of Ancient Rome: 2 (Novels of Ancient Rome 2)

The hideously disfigured body was found in the atrium. The only clues are a blood-soaked cloak and carved into the stone at the corpses feet the word Sparta. The murdered man was the overseer of Marcus Crassuss estate apparently killed by two runaway slaves bent on joining Spartacuss revolt. In response to the murder the wealthy powerful Crassus vows to honor an ancient law and kill his ninety-nine remaining slaves in three days. Now Gordianus the Finder has been summoned from Rome by a mysterious client to find out the truth about the murder before the three days are up. . Enmeshed in a world of desperate slaves and duplicitous masters extravagant feasts and sordid secrets Gordianus must risk all he loves including his life to stop a senseless slaughter-and save the very future of Rome itself.