The Emperor’s Knives

by Anthony Riches

Book 7 in the Empire series.

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Rome under Commodus. Marcus Valerius Aquila returns to the city where his family was destroyed and where the emperor’s agents still control the consequences of that purge. The capital is more dangerous to him than any frontier.

The hunt for the men responsible takes Marcus into a world of informers, assassins and Praetorian power. In Rome, military courage offers limited protection; survival depends on patronage, secrecy and the ability to strike before imperial politics closes around him.