"A rollicking read, filled with action, intelligence and humour. The series goes from strength to strength." Michael Arnold, author of Traitor's Blood. 25BC. Rufus Varro, former spy, is summoned back to Rome from his country villa by Marcus Agrippa. Accompanied by his bodyguard, Manius, Varro journeys to the capital. The road proves perilous however, when Varro is targeted by assassins. Once they reach Rome, Agrippa...