The Legacy (Light in the Empire)

When Rome has taken everything whats left for a man to give?Betrayed by a ruthless son wholl do anything for power and wealth Publius Drusus faces death with an unanswered prayer―that his treasured daughter Claudia and honorable son Titus will someday share his faith. But who will lead them to the truth once hes gone?Claudias oldest brother Lucius arranged their fathers execution to inherit everything and now hes forcing her to marry a cruel Roman power broker. If only she could get to Titus―a thousand miles away in Thracia. Then the man who secretly told her father about Jesus arranges for his son Philip to sneak her out of Rome and take her to the brother she can trust.A childhood accident scarred Philips face. A womans rejection scarred his heart. Claudias gratitude grows into love but what can Philip do when the first woman who returns his love hates the God he loves even more?Titus and Claudia hunger for revenge on their brother and the Christians they blame for their fathers deadly conversion. When Titus buys Miriam a secret Christian to serve his sister he starts them all down a path of conflicting loyalties and dangerous decisions. His fathers final letter commands the forgiveness Titus refuses to give. What will it take to free him from the hatred poisoning his own heart?Dangerous times difficult friendships lives transformed by forgiveness and loveThe Legacy is the third volume in the Light in the Empire series which follows the interconnected lives of four Roman families during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. Each can be read as a stand-alone. The nine novels of the series will take you around the Empire from Germania and Britannia to Thracia Dacia and Judaea and of course to Rome itself.