Like so many young men in later generations, Roman playboy/detective Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger is faced with the necessity of serving in his country\'s armed forces.
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There are eight books already published in hardcover in the series featuring the Roman Decius Metellus, and they are being reissued in this paperback format.
About the Author: John Maddox Roberts is the author of several works of science fiction and some modern mysteries. vividly brings to readers a strong sense of the everyday life of the ancient Romans in the context of our own.
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John Maddox Roberts\'s series set in the first century A.
With Caesar\'s decree that another killer be found in a matter of hours or the young man dies, Decius has his work cut out for him.
A further prod to Decius is that the main suspect is a youth whose father is a close friend of the Metellus family.
Caesar sets him the task of discovering who murdered one of his centurions, a cruel and unfair officer feared and hated by every man of the one hundred soldiers under him.
When Decius shows up in full parade regalia (much to the amusement of the more informally uniformed veterans) and accompanied only by his young personal slave.
The occupying Roman army is at a standstill.
He sets out to join Caesar in Gaul (where the general has come and seen, but has as yet not been able to conquer.
Since a dangerous enemy has become powerful in the politics of Rome, Decius is just as well out of the city for a while.
Like so many young men in later generations, Roman playboy/detective Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger is faced with the necessity of serving in his country\'s armed forces
