Codex

<p class=ql-align-center><strong>THE SERPENTS OF CAESAR</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>BOOK II</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>CODEX</strong></p><p></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>AN ANCIENT CODEX HIDES A SECRET</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>THAT THREATENS THE EMPIRE</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>In an alternate first century Rome the clouds of treachery darken...</strong></p><p></p><p>Verendus is an officer in the Praetorian Guard's elite cohort of spies and assassins. Known as Caesar's Serpents its troops are fierce formidable and feared. Now they are after him.</p><p>When Verendus undertook an unauthorised mission to deliver a box to safekeeping he didn't realise he'd be risking his life. Caesar's Serpents are on his trail and they will kill to obtain the codex within that box. Convinced that the codex contains information vital to a plot to overthrow the emperor Verendus enlists the help of fugitive handmaid Corinna to translate the ancient pages. Corinna however has her own agenda.</p><p>As unrest stirs across the Empire Verendus strives to safeguard the codex and unlock its secrets. But with allies failing and the Serpents closing in time is running out for him.</p><p></p><p><strong>Book 2 of <em>The Serpents of Caesar </em>~ History meets fantasy in Ancient Rome</strong></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Codex</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is the second book of the historical fantasy series: </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Serpents of Caesar</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>. This story will continue in </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Inferno</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>. </span></p>