What Matters Most

When faced with impossible choices how do you decide what matters most? For ten years the incorruptible Tribune Titianus enforced Romes laws. Hes four days from leaving the Urban Cohort to teach at his brother-in-law Kaesos school when Emperor Hadrian and the Praetorian Prefect draft him to secretly investigate and thwart an assassination plot...one that might involve his own commander. He cant refuse but if Hadrians enemies discover his Christian faith will it mean death for everyone he loves?Titianuss cousin Sabina returns as a widow to her fathers house after six years of misery in a marriage that sealed a political alliance. Shes dreading the next marriage Grandfather will arrange with someone seeking his support. When her brothers best friend Kaeso offers the encouragement and friendship shes longed for can she escape the chains of societys expectations to gain what her heart desires?The new tribune Glabrio wants two things as Titianus trains him: to discover for their commander who Titianus is investigating and to gain the support of Titianuss powerful relatives. Marrying Sabina would secure the backing of her grandfather but because of the teacher shes making choices no noblewoman should. As he gets closer to both his goals will he realize in time what matters most?Dangerous times difficult friendships lives transformed by forgiveness and loveWhat Matters Most is the eleventh volume in the Light in the Empire series which follows the interconnected lives of six Roman families during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. Each can be read stand-alone. The twelve 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.