Savage City

Imagine a world in which Rome never fell. Now the Empire stretches across the Atlantic, slaves are constructing a giant bridge over the Persian Gulf and magnetic railways span the globe. But tensions within and without are about to change the face of the earth.

Marcus Novius is caught in a massive explosion at the Coliseum which kills his uncle the emperor...making Marcus, his heir, the new leader of the Roman Empire.

Marcus, the healer Sulien and Una, his sister - and Marcus' own love - have been together through thick and thin, fighting for freedom, fighting for their lives, fighting for justice and Marcus' ascension to Roman throne was supposed to be the start of something magnificent...

But Marcus is horribly wounded himself in the explosion and Sulien is having problems fighting his way through the terrible devastation to be at his friend's - his emperor's - side.

And it's not long before Sulien and Una realise life will never be the same again, for the Roman Empire is about to face its most dangerous enemy...

“Perfectly fuses the hope and horror of ancient Rome with that of the modern world”

Epic in undertaking, Romanitas creates a fascinating world that is both contemporary in tone, and yet about as far removed from the world we live in as it is possible to imagine. McDougall's writing style is fresh and light, and the involving story ensures you'll gobble up the 400 pages in no time, staying eager to find out how the remainder of the trilogy unfolds Dreamwatch
Wonderful alt history, beautiful, heart-breaking, sweeping, surprising Lauren Beukes
Compulsively readable . . . grips like a vice SFX
An enjoyable smart yarn with some real sense of human pain Time Out
Daniel Godfrey, author of New Pompeii
This is a magnificent series Adrian Tchaikovsky
Epic in undertaking, Romanitas creates a fascinating world that is both contemporary in tone, and yet about as far removed from the world we live in as it is possible to imagine. McDougall's writing style is fresh and light, and the involving story ensures you'll gobble up the 400 pages in no time, staying eager to find out how the remainder of the trilogy unfolds Dreamwatch
Wonderful alt history, beautiful, heart-breaking, sweeping, surprising Lauren Beukes
Compulsively readable . . . grips like a vice SFX
An enjoyable smart yarn with some real sense of human pain Time Out

Sophia McDougall studied English at Oxford. She lives in Hastings, East Sussex where she also writes plays and poetry. The Romanitas trilogy is her first series of novels.

Imagine a world in which Rome never fell. Now the Empire stretches across the Atlantic, slaves are constructing a giant bridge over the Persian Gulf and magnetic railways span the globe. But tensions within and without are about to change the face of the earth.Marcus Novius is caught in a massive explosion at the Coliseum which kills his uncle the emperor...making Marcus, his heir, the new leader of the Roman Empire.Marcus, the healer Sulien and Una, his sister - and Marcus' own love - have been together through thick and thin, fighting for freedom, fighting for their lives, fighting for justice and Marcus' ascension to Roman throne was supposed to be the start of something magnificent...But Marcus is horribly wounded himself in the explosion and Sulien is having problems fighting his way through the terrible devastation to be at his friend's - his emperor's - side.And it's not long before Sulien and Una realise life will never be the same again, for the Roman Empire is about to face its most dangerous enemy...

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