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JACKET NOTES:  With evocative historical detail and spellbinding storytelling, Steven Saylor recreates ancient Rome at its most intriguing--when passion and power drove people to commit murderous deeds which could only be unraveled by the cleverest of minds...
As Caesar marches on Rome and panic erupts in the city, Gordianus the Finder discovers, in his own home, the body of Pompey's favorite cousin. Before fleeing the city, Pompey exacts a terrible bargain from the finder of secrets--to unearth the killer, or sacrifice his own son-in-law to service in Pompey's legions, and certain death. Amid the city's sordid underbelly, Gordianus learns that the murdered man was a dangerous spy. Now, as he follows a trail of intrigue, betrayal, and ferocious battles on land and sea, the Finder is caught between the chaos of war and the terrible truth he must finally reveal.
(©St. Martins Mass Market Paper)