"The Gabinian Affair" presents the memoir written by a retired Roman
soldier, Gaius Marius Insubrecus, who served Caesar during his conquest
of Gaul and in the subsequent civil wars. He later served under Caesar's
son and heir, Octavianus, in his war against Marcus Antonius and
Cleopatra.
As a youth, Insubrecus was caught between two worlds. He lived in the
mythical tales told to him by his grandfather about the heroic past of
his people, the Gah'el. However, his mother, Valeria, was determined to
make a practical and successful Roman gentlemen out of him. On top of
all this, he fell in love with Gabinia, the beautiful daughter of a
Roman Senator, whose family was determined to kill him to uphold their
honor.
Insubrecus tries to escape the assassins sent after him from Rome by
hiding in the Roman army, right at the time that the new governor, Gaius
Iulius Caesar, launches his legions into the forests of Gaul to stop an
invasion by a fierce and ruthless tribe called the Helvetii. Insubrecus
is plunged into a world of violence, intrigue and betrayal, as he tries
to serve his new patron, Caesar, and to stay alive, while pursued by
Roman cutthroats and Gallic warriors.
