Avenger of Rome

<p><strong><em>If you like Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane, you'll absolutely love this enthralling and action-packed novel of Roman adventure from bestselling author Douglas Jackson. </em></strong><br /><br /><u><strong>Readers are loving Gaius Valerius Verrens! </strong></u><br /><strong>"</strong><strong>A triumph of a novel</strong><strong>" - 5 STARS</strong><br /><strong>"</strong><strong>Impossible to put down." - 5 STARS</strong><br /><strong>"</strong><strong>A real unputdownable read" - 5 STARS</strong><br /><strong>"</strong><strong>Spellbinding" - 5 STARS</strong><br /><strong><br />***************************************************************************************</strong><br /><br /><strong>A SOLDIER'S SWORD WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF ROME</strong><br /><strong><br />Emperor Nero's</strong> grip on power is weakening - more and more fearful of losing his position, his paranoia settles on the figure of the popular <strong>Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo</strong>, Rome's greatest General who leads the imperial legions in the East. Is he preparing to march against Rome?<br /><br /><strong>Gaius Valerius Verrens</strong> is ordered to <strong>Antioch</strong> on a mission to kill Corbulo, a soldier he worships...Yet Corbulo's eyes are not on Rome, but on a new threat to the Empire's border: the Parthian King, <strong>Vologases</strong>, is marching to war and with such an army that if not stopped he might overwhelm the entire Roman east.<br /><br />Valerius marches at Corbulo's side. Outnumbered they make a stand to meet Vologases in an epic contest of military might and ingenuity that will decide the fate of the Empire. <br /><br />And while he fights for the Empire, and for his own survival on the battlefield, <strong>Valerius must decide whether to complete his mission, or risk incurring his Emperor's dangerous wrath</strong>.<br /><br /><strong><em>Gaius Valerius Verrens's adventures continue in Sword of Rome</em></strong><strong>.</strong></p>