Titus, son of Vespasian, commands the Fifteenth Legion Apollinaris. The goal: put an end to the Jewish rebellion.
An auxiliary horseman is sent on a secret mission. Success will bring glory for him, a future for his wife and children.
The task is simple: journey to Ascalon and back. Two days.
What could possibly go wrong?
Find out in this first of a series of FREE prequels. What secret haunts Captain Antonius Sabas, hero of An Evil Planned, "son of a war hero -- a controversial war hero"?
Antioch, 100 C.E. AGreek heiress murdered in broad daylight. What seems a random attack takes on aspects of premeditated murder.
Was she the intended victim, or was it her escort?
Are her rejected suitors as innocent as is claimed?
What about her brothers who inherit her fortune?
Why is her family so uncooperative?
Introducing Captain Antonius Sabas, a Syrian Greek with a talent for deductive reasoning. Joined by his bibliophile brother, a disowned Jewish woman and a naïve Greek youth, they do their best to untangle a web of half-truths.
But what secrets from his past threaten the Captain's future? He must face his own demons if he is to help this grieving family obtain justice.
Theo Faurez is the pseudonym of Paul-Dominique Masiclat, a Friar of the Order of Preachers (aka the Dominicans, or the Blackfriars) with a passion for ancient history. Studies in literature, history and theology run parallel to a love of murder mysteries and crime fiction. Favourite authors include Agatha Christie, Steven Saylor, Danila Comastri-Montano, John LeCarré.
The Author Show interviews Theo Faurez on An Evil Planned
