"A page turner from beginning to end . . . A damn fine read" --Ben
Kane
Four Emperors. Two Friends. One Destiny.
As twilight descends on the 3rd 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...
Praise for Gordon Doherty and Simon Turney:
"A page turner from beginning to end . . . A damn fine read." --Ben
Kane, author of Lionheart
"The Rise of Emperors series is first-rate Roman fiction. Doherty and
Turney each breathe life into their respective characters with insight
and humanity." --Matthew Harffy, author of Wolf of Wessex
"A nuanced portrait of an intriguing emperor." --The Times (on
Turney's Commodus)
"A meticulously researched and vivid reimagining of an almost forgotten
civilisation." --Douglas Jackson, author of Hero of Rome (on Doherty's
Empires of Bronze)
"Sons of Rome is an intriguing and highly polished piece of historical
fiction." --James Tivendale from Grimdark Magazine
