Rome: The Coming of the King (Rome 2): A compelling and gripping historical adventure that will keep you turning page after page

Rome: The Coming of the King (Rome 2): A compelling and gripping historical adventure that will keep you turning page after page

by Manda Scott (Author), Manda Scott (Author)

Synopsis

Sebastos Pantera, known to his many enemies as the Leopard, is the spy the Emperor Nero uses only for the most challenging and important of missions. Hunting alone, trusting no-one, he must find the most dangerous man in Rome's empire and bring him to bloody justice. But his prey is cunning, subtle and ruthless. Saulos has pledged to bring about the destruction of Rome and her provinces and now fate, good luck and planning have given him the means to do so. It will take the strategies of a master hunter to combat the brilliance of Saulos' plan, but Pantera has a new ally, a king in the making who could change the future of his people; a man he can finally trust. If they work together, they could bring a province back from the edge of ruin. But first, they must attempt the impossible; an assault on an invulnerable fortress, where failure means death to them both.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: First printing of this edition
Publisher: Corgi
Published: 24 May 2012

ISBN 10: 0552161799
ISBN 13: 9780552161794
Book Overview: A compelling novel of Rome in the tradition of Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow

Media Reviews
Religious and political tensions, passion and intrigue, superb action sequences and real and imagined characters are seamlessly woven together to create a fascinating and exciting story on a truly epic scale -- LAURA WILSON * Guardian *
A dramatic new version of the past...grippingly sustained -- JANE JAKEMAN * Independent *
Rome: The Coming of the King is an intricately woven, cleverly plotted and exceedingly well-written book. Miss it at your peril! -- BEN KANE
Stunningly good. Rome: The Coming of the King gives the reader the extraordinary sense of living within another time and place - smelling its smells, tasting its tastes, thinking its thoughts and dreaming its dreams ... A quite exceptional historical novel -- ANDREW TAYLOR
From the deserts and the people who roam them, to the cities and the kings who rule them, MC Scott deftly recreates the dangerous world of a country dominated by Rome. Superbly written and immaculately researched, Rome: The Coming of the King left me desperate to know what happens next! -- DOUGLAS JACKSON
Author Bio
MC Scott taught veterinary surgery at the universities of Cambridge and Dublin before taking up a career as a novelist. Now founder and Chair of the Historical Writers' Association, the novels have been shortlisted for the Orange Prize, nominated for an Edgar Award and translated into over twenty languages. In addition to the bestselling Boudica series, Scott is the author of an acclaimed sequence of Roman novels featuring the emperor's spy, Sebastos Pantera. For the Historical Writers' Association, see: http://www.TheHWA.co.uk