Rome: The Emperors Spy - Hardcover

Scott, Manda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593055721 ISBN 13: 9780593055724

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2010

Synopsis

'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.

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About the Author

Over the past two decades Manda Scott has brought iconic historical figures back to life, reimagined and re-booted for the twenty-first century. Her crime novels have been shortlisted for many awards including Hen's Teeth for the Orange Prize and No Good Deed for an Edgar Award. Her work has been translated into over twenty languages.

Manda’s bestselling Boudica series was recently optioned for television.

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.

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593055721
• ISBN 13: 9780593055724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496