The Triumph of Caesar

"The Roman Civil War has come to its conclusion - Pompey is dead, Egypt is firmly under the control of Cleopatra (with the help of Rome's legions), and for the first time in many years Julius Caesar has returned to Rome itself. Though Caesar has been appointed by the Senate as Dictator, the city abounds with rumors asserting that he wishes to be made King - the first such that Rome has had in centuries. And that not all of his opposition has been crushed." "Gordianus, recently returned from Egypt with his wife, Bethesda, is essentially retired from his previous profession of "Finder," but even he cannot refuse the call of Calpurnia, Caesar's wife. Troubled by dreams foretelling disaster and fearing a conspiracy against the life of Caesar, she's hired someone to investigate the rumors, but that person, a close friend of Gordianus, has just turned up dead - murdered - on her doorstep. With four successive Triumphs for Caesar's military victories scheduled for the coming days, and Caesar more exposed to danger than ever before, Calpurnia wants Gordianus to uncover the truth behind the rumored conspiracies - to protect Caesar's life before it's too late. No fan of Caesar's, Gordianus agrees to help - but only to find the murderer who killed his friend. Once an investigation is begun, though, there's no controlling what it will turn up, who it will put in danger, and where it will end."--BOOK JACKET.Saylor, Steven is the author of 'The Triumph of Caesar', published 2008 under ISBN 9780312359836 and ISBN 0312359837.