Defender of Rome

"A divided empire cannot stand. The biggest threat to the Empire comes not from the armies of Boudicca or the hordes of Germania but from within the walls of Rome itself. A new religious sect, the followers of Christus, are spreading sedition, denying the divinity of the Emperor. And Nero is not a man to be denied. Nero calls on his 'Hero of Rome' to become a 'Defender of Rome', to seek out this rebel sect, to capture their leader, a man known as Petrus. Failure would be to forfeit his life, and the lives of twenty thousands Judaeans living in Rome. But as Valerius begins his search, a quest which will take him to the edge of the empire, he will discover that success may cost him nearly as much as failure."--Provided by publisher.