Nest of Vipers
“Forrest has the gift of the true story-teller” – Sir Patrick Cormack, historian and author
Agents of Rome Book 1
Philippi 42BC
Caesar is dead and his successors want their final revenge.
The massed legions of Octavian and Mark Antony face off against Cassius and Brutus, a five-mile stretch of no-man’s land between their armies.
Primus pilus Titus Villius Macer, who never takes a step back, is ordered to probe new defences thrown up by the assassins’ auxiliaries.
His success wins him an audience with the young general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, who sends him on a mission to his native Sicilia which is ruled by the pirate Sextus Pompey.
What happens next will decide the future of the world and throw Titus into a world of intrigue, violence and piracy when he discovers a plot to murder all of the world’s leaders in one throw of the dice.
Nest of Vipers is the first in a new series of novellas (Agents of Rome series) by an author inspired by extensive travel and relentless research. His first novel Libertas has received wide acclaim and prompted the creation of The Last Pompeian series.
(35,000 words; available as ebook and print)
