- 2011
- year of publication
- —
- pages
- English (United Kingdom)
- language
- Softcover
- cover
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- ISBN-13
- 978-05-7509-692-9
- EAN
- 9780575096929
- Publication date
- 2011-02-24
- Book
- Romanitas · 2 editions
The publisher on this edition
In a parallel modern world, the Roman Empire stretches from India in the East to the Great Wall of Terranova in the West. A runaway slave girl with a strange gift sets out to rescue her brother and seize her freedom, while the young heir to the Imperial throne discovers a plot against his life. For all three, the only way to survive may shake the Empire to its roots. A fast-moving, compelling story, brilliantly imagined - CONN IGGULDEN [A] hugely imaginative debut - DAILY MIRROR A thoroughly good read ... vividly imagined ... elegant, lively writing - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

