johnnyenzyme@piefed.social@piefed.social
I always enjoy history brought back to life with skill and verve. As mentioned last week in the “Vampire Boy” post, this series has to do with an ancient murder mystery, and the two unusual immortals that survived it, two millennia later.
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145 AD. Lucius Aurelius Cassio, one of the richest and most influential men in Rome, is the victim of a conspiracy. In the heart of his own home, four masked assassins stab him with their daggers. Nearly two thousand years later, the investigation begins. Archaeologist Ornella Grazzi discovers scrolls in Cassio’s hand. She seeks, page after page, to reveal the faces of the four murderers. And soon, a strange, powerful figure slowly emerges from the past. Cassio. His death. And his revenge. –BDT
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The series is eight tomes long, and I found it quite unique and enjoyable. The history and action sometimes jumps from modern to ancient and vice-versa, which can be a little confusing at times, but overall I think it hangs together well and rewards the reader paying attention.
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The writer is Stephen Desberg, responsible for quite a few very good series, such as I.R.$. and The Scorpion. I could have sworn he’d also written the spellbinding The Third Testament series, but no, that one was by Xavier Dorison. In any case, I found this one both a fun, interesting and somewhat eye-opening series, which can well join the ranks of Alix Senator, Murena, Eagles of Rome, and maybe a couple others.