From the bestselling author of WARRIOR OF ROME comes the first book in a new ser
ies set in third century Rome; a dramatic era of murder, coup, counter-rebellion
s and civil war.In a single year six Emperors will lay claim to the Throne of th
e Caesars...SPRING AD235Dawn on the Rhine. A surprise attack and the brutal murd
er of the Emperor Alexander and his mother ends the Severan dynasty and shatters
four decades of Roman certainty.Military hero Maximinus Thrax is the first Caes
ar risen from the barracks. A simple man of steel and violence, he will fight fo
r Rome.The Senators praise the new Emperor with elaborate oratory, but will any
of them accept a Caesar who was once a shepherd boy? And in the streets of the e
ternal city, others merely pray to escape imperial notice.In the north, as the m
erciless war against the barbarians consumes men and treasure, rebellion and per
sonal tragedy drive Maximinus to desperate extremes, bloody revenge and the bord
ers of sanity.Iron & Rust, the first book in a major new series, creates a world
both sophisticated and brutal, yet firmly rooted in history; a world of intrigu
e, murder, passion and war, a world where men will kill to sit on the Throne of
the Caesars.
