Legions of the Moon

In AD 180 Quintus Suetonius and his stepson Manius are frumentarii the Roman Empires secret police. Dispatched to Britannia on a mission whose purpose is kept veiled from them they they join forces with the formidable female spy Tita Amatia and find themselves embroiled in plot counter-plot and assassination unsure of either their allies or their enemies. They journey from bustling cosmopolitan civilised Londinium to the wild North - a hostile snowbound land. Besieged by an alliance of rebellious local tribes surrounded by intrigue assailed by matters of the heart and personal ambition they become reluctant players in a struggle between a ruthless imperial government and others seeking control of the Empire.