FORGED IN ROME

Can a slave . . . become a master?



AD 37. The Roman Republic has become a true empire, stretching from Egypt to the seacoast of Gaul. Sixty million people live under its rule.



A scribe in a noble household on the outskirts of the empire’s greatest city, a young man who has no memory of his past or his family. Where freedom exists for the privileged few, he has only ever known a life of slavery. His name is Cormac.



When Cormac’s master dies suddenly under suspicious circumstances, he finds himself furnished with documents freeing him from bondage. Surviving somewhere between slave and citizen, he quickly discovers the dangers that come with freedom. The city is a pitiless place for those without allies.



But the winds of fate are shifting. Cormac’s talents – his treasured ability to read and write – will soon take him from city slums to the mines of Gaul, to the island of Britannia and back to the hills of Rome.



Slave, scribe, soldier – Cormac will have to play Rome’s most dangerous game if he’s to secure wealth and power. For in this city, with skill, ambition and luck, perhaps such things can be won . . .

PRINCE OF ROME

POWER IS THE PRIZE. ROME SETS THE PRICE.

AD 46. After years serving with the legion, Cormac -a slave turned soldier living under a stolen name - returns to Rome determined never to be powerless again.

With his closest allies beside him, Cormac sets out to win what Rome once denied him. A home and family of his own, a name no enemy can destroy and a seat among those who hold Rome’s future in their hands.

But every rise creates an enemy.

For generations, Marcus Quinctius’s family has grown rich supplying Rome’s legions. He will not surrender that trade - or the wealth it brings - to an upstart.

As their rivalry spreads from Rome’s crowded streets to the vineyards, warehouses and ports that sustain the capital, loyalties will be tested and blood will be spilled. For the higher Cormac climbs, the more he stands to lose.