Rome Burning

Three years after a conspiracy against his life forced him into hiding, the young heir to the throne Marcus Novius must take command of the greatest power on Earth. But his ambitious cousin Drusus - spurred on by a riddling Sybilline prophecy - threatens this last chance to avoid a world conflict and Una, a former slave whose love for Marcus seems out of place at the Roman court, is drawn into the political intrigue and a dangerous enmity.

Though many of Marcus' friends and supporters are scattered, he can rely on the driven, sharp-witted Una, her idealistic brother Sulien, now working to relieve the suffering of slaves and Varius, wounded and disillusioned by the past but still committed to the vision of a better Rome.

But even these three will find their lives at risk and their loyalties tested...

“A thoroughly good read...vividly imagined...elegant, lively writing-- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH”

Perfectly fuses the hope and horror of ancient Rome with that of the modern world 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
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. The ROMANITAS trilogy is her first major work of fiction.

Three years after a conspiracy against his life forced him into hiding, the young heir to the throne Marcus Novius must take command of the greatest power on Earth. But his ambitious cousin Drusus - spurred on by a riddling Sybilline prophecy - threatens this last chance to avoid a world conflict and Una, a former slave whose love for Marcus seems out of place at the Roman court, is drawn into the political intrigue and a dangerous enmity.Though many of Marcus' friends and supporters are scattered, he can rely on the driven, sharp-witted Una, her idealistic brother Sulien, now working to relieve the suffering of slaves and Varius, wounded and disillusioned by the past but still committed to the vision of a better Rome.But even these three will find their lives at risk and their loyalties tested...

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