Recently elected to the office of aedile, Decius's new official duties include a probe into the recent collapse of a tenement building, an investigation that leads to the discovery of more than shoddy construction materials. Reprint.

Decius Caecilius Metellus is moving up in the world. He’s won some money and glory fighting pirates in the Mediterranean and expects a speedy election to the office of praetor.That all changes when a man he’s never seen be...

When Decius, the highborn commander of the local vigils of Rome, investigates the garroting of a lowly ex-slaved and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant, he uncovers a world of corruption at the highest levels of his government.

The streets of Rome were flooded with the blood of murdered citizens. Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger was convinced a conspiracy existed to overthrow the government, one that could only be destroyed from within.