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New Release:
No Roads Lead To Rome (Via del Prat) by R.S. Gompertz is now available for purchase. You can read a sample chapter here.
Description:
It’s 123 A.D. On the edge of the Roman Empire, a dead governor leaves behind the opportunity of a lifetime.
Mysteriously promoted, a senator’s son finds himself in an ancient world of trouble. Within days of taking office, Hispania’s taxpayers are in open revolt, the legionaries depart to build Hadrian’s Wall, and the once-sleepy province is rocked by slave revolts, bread riots, and fad religions.
A quixotic saga steeped in humor and history, “No Roads Lead to Rome” chronicles the clumsy schemes of the new governor and his shadowy advisor, a superstitious centurion’s struggle to save his faith in the faded ideals of the Republic, and a Jewish rebel’s reluctant vow to change the course of history. All are pitted against the Gods, the Emperor, and the decline and fall of damn near everything.
It’s 123 A.D.-a time not unlike the present-and No Roads Lead to Rome.
About The Author:
R.S. Gompertz is a Portland based author. You can get updates on upcoming events and more on Gompertz’s Facebook or Twitter pages, or on his website.
