Emperor’s Axe

by Alex Gough Book 3 in the Imperial Assassin series.

First published 2020

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Rome and Alexandria, AD 212–215. Caracalla’s victory over Geta has become a campaign to destroy everyone suspected of sympathy with the murdered emperor. When a child connected to Silus is taken, the Arcani operative follows the trail from a fearful capital to Egypt.

Alexandria is already hostile to imperial demands and to Caracalla’s public version of his brother’s death. Silus’s rescue mission unfolds as the emperor prepares collective punishment, linking private kidnapping and political betrayal to the massacre that made the visit one of the most notorious episodes of the reign.