Sons of Rome

Rise of Emperors, Book 1

By: Gordon Doherty, Simon Turney

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Four emperors. Two friends. One destiny.

As twilight descends on the third century AD, the Roman Empire is but a shadow of its former self. Decades of usurping emperors, splinter kingdoms and savage wars have left the people beleaguered, the armies weary and the future uncertain. And into this chaos Emperor Diocletian steps, reforming the succession to allow for not one emperor to rule the world, but four.

Meanwhile, two boys share a chance meeting in the great city of Treverorum as Diocletian's dream is announced to the imperial court. Throughout the years that follow, they share heartbreak and glory as that dream sours and the empire endures an era of tyranny and dread. Their lives are inextricably linked, their destinies ever-converging as they rise through Rome's savage stations, to the zenith of empire. For Constantine and Maxentius, the purple robes beckon....

©2020 Gordon Doherty (P)2020 W F Howes

Critic reviews

"A page turner from beginning to end.... A damn fine read." (Ben Kane)