Meet Septimus Quistus, a man with nothing left to lose.
In one fateful hour, his life is destroyed when his much-loved wife and family are murdered, except for his seventh son and only daughter.
Not caring if he lives or dies, Quistus resigns his public offices and travels the world searching for his lost children.
In the first book of the series, The Third Princess, he is tricked by Nero into guarding a Christian princess on a peacekeeping mission to Britain.
In the recently published second book, The Son of Heaven, Nero engages him to escort a child, the exiled Emperor of the Mighty, back to China to claim his birthright.
Readers will find Author Philip Boast’s character a complex and compelling one. The perfect thing to tide John Maddox Roberts fans over until the next SPQR.
Another recent addition to the ranks of ancient Roman detectives is Gaius Petreius Ruso, an army doctor, newly divorced and working off his debts at a forlorn outpost in Britannia, whom we meet in Medicus.
Author Ruth Downie’s wry humor and beguiling characters will appeal not only to Lindsey Davis fans, but those of Alexander McCall Smith as well.
Veni, vidi, legi! I came, I saw, I read! I think! Any Latin scholars out there?
