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Product details
- ISBN 9781444731958
- Weight: 281g
- Dimensions: 136 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 09 Oct 2014
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Pre-order the first book in bestseller Anthony Riches's brand new series, Swords of Troy, coming July 2026
Brilliantly researched and packed full of action, bestseller Anthony Riches takes the reader to the heart of Ancient Rome
'Get this book!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
'Great storytelling with a thoroughly researched historical background' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
'Anthony Riches doesn't disappoint' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
'I could not recommend this book enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
'Thoroughly entertaining and well written' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
MARCUS AQUILA RETURNS TO ROME, TO HUNT THE MEN WHO DESTROYED HIS FAMILY.
'Some authors are better historians than they are storytellers. Anthony Riches is brilliant at both' Conn Iggulden
Determined to wreak vengeance on the shadowy cabal of assassins who butchered his family, Marcus Aquila arrives in Rome to face them on their own ground.
But he could not have foreseen what awaits him - a Machiavellian senator, a praetorian officer and the head of a brutal gang all want their pound of flesh.
And also lying in wait is Mortiferum - the Death Bringer - a champion gladiator whose knives cry out for blood . . .
Acutely researched political intrigue meets visceral action in this unputdownable novel from bestseller Anthony Riches.
Brilliantly researched and packed full of action, bestseller Anthony Riches takes the reader to the heart of Ancient Rome
'Get this book!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
'Great storytelling with a thoroughly researched historical background' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
'Anthony Riches doesn't disappoint' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
'I could not recommend this book enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
'Thoroughly entertaining and well written' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
MARCUS AQUILA RETURNS TO ROME, TO HUNT THE MEN WHO DESTROYED HIS FAMILY.
'Some authors are better historians than they are storytellers. Anthony Riches is brilliant at both' Conn Iggulden
Determined to wreak vengeance on the shadowy cabal of assassins who butchered his family, Marcus Aquila arrives in Rome to face them on their own ground.
But he could not have foreseen what awaits him - a Machiavellian senator, a praetorian officer and the head of a brutal gang all want their pound of flesh.
And also lying in wait is Mortiferum - the Death Bringer - a champion gladiator whose knives cry out for blood . . .
Acutely researched political intrigue meets visceral action in this unputdownable novel from bestseller Anthony Riches.
Anthony Riches holds a degree in Military Studies from Manchester University. He began writing the story that would become the first novel in the Empire series, Wounds of Honour, after visiting Housesteads Roman fort in 1996. Married with three grown up children, he now lives in Suffolk. He is also the writer of the 'Protector' thriller series.
www.anthonyriches.com
