Armenia: a land riven by discord, shattered by invasion, and divided into competing factions. A land in which a trapped Queen awaits rescue from a Roman expedition ordered to fail and fall at the last deep in that land. Orders its commander, Flavius Anicius, is determined to avoid.
Against the will of Lupicinus, Magister of the East, this Tribune will march both the Twelfth Fulminata Legion and the Senior Sol Legion deep into Armenia to surprise the Persians besieging Artageressa and bring out this Queen both to spite Rome and also redeem a past long since surrendered up to shame and ignominy. It is a march fated to summon up old ghosts and new betrayals as these two legions cross over into a land older than the history of Rome itself; a land riddled with secrets and deep caverns; a land which will twist about the feet of these Romans like quicksand . . .
This is the second book in the trilogy The Janus Eagle and follows the fortunes of the Roman expedition under that dark figure known as Flavius Anicius