From the author of the bestselling Boudica series, Rome The Emperor’s Spy begins a compelling new series of novels featuring Sebastos Pantera. Rich characterisation and spine tingling adventure combine in a vividly realised novel set amid the bloodshed and the chaos, the heroism and murderous betrayal of ancient Rome.
M C Scott has exclusively signed, lined, dated, doodled and numbered rare first edition first printings for our collectors. The author has also hinted that this is the first of a thrilling quartet. And with rave reviews this series is definitely one to watch.
Review
‘This is a gripping tale, with more to come’
–DAILY MAIL, 5 Feb 2010
–DAILY MAIL, 5 Feb 2010
Book Description
Rome is burning. Only one man can save it … A thrilling race-against-time historical adventure in the bestselling tradition of Conn Iggulden’s Emperor series.
Product Description
‘Stop this fire, whatever it takes. I, your Emperor, order it.’
The Emperor: Nero, Emperor of Rome and all her provinces, feared by his subjects for his temper and cruelty, is in possession of an ancient document predicting that Rome will burn.
The Spy: Sebastos Pantera, assassin and spy for the Roman Legions, is ordered to stop the impending cataclysm. He knows that if he does not, his life – and those of thousands of others – are in terrible danger.
The Chariot Boy: Math, a young charioteer, is a pawn drawn into the deadly game between the Emperor and the Spy, where death stalks the drivers – on the track and off it.
From the author of the bestselling Boudica series, The Emperor’s Spy begins a compelling new series of novels featuring Sebastos Pantera. Rich characterisation and spine tingling adventure combine in a vividly realised novel set amid the bloodshed and the chaos, the heroism and murderous betrayal of ancient Rome.
From the Inside Flap
AD 64: Sebastos Pantera is newly returned from five years’ undercover work in Britannia. Sick of spying, he plans to retire into peaceful anonymity far from the schemes of his Emperor. But no sooner has he set foot in Gaul than he is summoned to Nero’s presence, and ordered to undertake one final mission.
Nero, Emperor of Rome, is passionate, erratic – and utterly ruthless. He has found an ancient prophecy predicting that Rome will burn. Surrounded by courtiers who fear and hate him in equal measure, he trusts no one to hunt down the rebels plotting Rome’s destruction – except Pantera. But are they both too late?
Math is a boy charioteer who dreams of driving his team of horses in Rome. Loved by both men, and lusted after by one, he soon becomes an unwilling pawn in a terrifying and deadly game where no one is quite what they seem, and death stalks the charioteers – on the track and off it.
From the author of the bestselling Boudica series, The Emperor’s Spy begins a compelling new series of novels featuring Sebastos Pantera. Rich characterization and spine-tingling adventure combine in a vividly realized novel set amid the bloodshed and chaos, heroism and murderous betrayal of ancient Rome.
From the Back Cover
‘Stop this fire, whatever it takes.I, your Emperor, order it.’
The Emperor
Nero, Emperor of Rome and all her provinces, feared by his subjects for his temper and cruelty, is in possession of an ancient document predicting that Rome will burn.
The Spy
Sebastos Pantera, assassin and spy for the Roman Legions, is ordered to stop the impending cataclysm. He knows that if he does not, his life, and those of thousands of others, are in terrible danger.
The Chariot Boy
Math, a young charioteer, is a pawn drawn into the deadly game between the Emperor and the Spy, where death stalks the drivers on the track and off it.
About the Author
M.C. Scott began writing while still a horse vet in Newmarket with the result that horses feature prominently in her novels. In The Emperor’s Spy, they have evolved from the home-bred battle mounts of the tribal warriors in her bestselling Boudica quartet of novels to the four-in-hand chariot racers favoured by the Emperor Nero. The research took her back to the Ist Century AD, a time when life was simpler, more majestic and far more thrilling than now.
She lives with her partner in Shropshire and is working on the next book in her ‘Rome’ series featuring the assassin and spy, Sebastos Pantera.
Product details
· First Edition First Printing
· Hardcover: 400 pages
· Publisher: Bantam Press (1 Jan 2010)
· Language English
· ISBN-10: 0593055721
· ISBN-13: 978-0593055724
· Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 4.6 cm
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