Sunship

<p><strong style=color: rgba(29 31 37 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Siva once an astronomer in Alexandria now finds himself far from the secrets of the cosmos thrust into the blood-soaked lands of Roman Britain where he must choose between the world he once knew and the brutal reality of war.</strong></p><p><em style=color: rgba(29 31 37 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The little ship carved from a slice of carnelian hung from its copper disk.</em></p><p><em style=color: rgba(29 31 37 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>'Look' I said 'that's the sun and that's the ship of a god called Ra. He sails across it every day.'</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(29 31 37 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Siva Ostorius once a prized scholar in Rome is summoned to Britain in A.D. 44 where the XX Legion Valeria Victrix leads the invasion. Captured by the Painted People fierce tribes who defy Rome's rule Siva's life is spared by the sacred sunship talisman he carries. Sworn into service under Caractacus the leader of the British resistance he becomes a spy within the Roman ranks sending secret messages hidden inside his sunship talisman. Alongside Claudia the daughter of a pro-Roman king and Cal a gladiator bound for the arena Siva's transformation from slave to warrior unfolds as he fights for Britain's freedom.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(29 31 37 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But as the cohorts advance and the final battle draws near Siva must face his greatest challenge. Will the protection of his sunship be enough to save him from the horror to come or will the tides of war sweep him away as they have so many others before?</span></p>