{"product_id":"9781409011262","title":"Defender of Rome: (Gaius Valerius Verrens 2): A heart-stopping and gripping novel of Roman adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003eGaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. Now hailed a 'Hero of Rome', Valerius is not the man he once was - scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought, his sister is mortally ill, his father in self-imposed exile. And neither is Rome the same city as the one he left. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Emperor Nero grows increasingly paranoid. Those who seek power for themselves whisper darkly in the emperor's ears. They speak of a new threat, one found within the walls of Rome itself. A new religious sect, the followers of Christus, deny Nero's divinity and are rumoured to be spreading sedition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNero calls on his 'Hero of Rome' to become a 'Defender of Rome', to seek out this rebel sect, to capture their leader, a man known as Petrus. Failure would be to forfeit his life, and the lives of twenty thousands Judaeans living in Rome. But as Valerius begins his search, a quest which will take him to the edge of the empire, he will discover that success may cost him nearly as much as failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138074853616,"sku":"9781409011262","price":13.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781409011262_p0.jpg?v=1763720954","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781409011262","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}