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The Queen of the Night (Ancient Rome, Bk 3)
The Queen of the Night - Ancient Rome, Bk 3 Author:P. C. Doherty, Paul C. Doherty The eternal city of Rome in the 4th century AD. The children of the rich and famous are being abducted and held for ransom. At the same time veteran legionaries who have served in Britannia with Constantine, particularly along Great Wall, in the more northern reaches of the island are being brutally murdered. There bodies are mutilated, a practi... more »ce that was prevalent among the Picts, the people they were fighting against, so many years ago.
The Empress employs her secret agent Claudia to try to resolve these terrible happenings. However Claudia has her own problems. Her uncle's garden has recently had the body of a young girl disinterred and she has the task of trying to solve both mysteries at the same time. The young girl was a Christian and her corpse was perfectly preserved. Claudia must claw her way through a mist of politics, religion and violence. One false move could cost her much more than her job as a spy . . .« less