| Hailed as the Boudica or Bringer of Victory, Breaca, war leader of the Eceni, continues her hard-fought resistance against the Roman legions occupying Britannia. Set against her is Julius Valerius, whose increasing brutality in the service of his gods and emperor can never shield him from the ghosts of his past. Caught in the middle are two children, pawns in a game of unthinkable savagery, while in the heart of Rome, the emperor Claudius and his power-crazed wife hold lives in their hands. |