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About the Book:
The story deals with the
aftermath of the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths in the year 410 AD.
The tale is real, most of the characters lived, some created. This
period ranks among the most brutal, onerous and immoral times the West
has lived through.
Lucius and Brun, two young and
beautiful people damaged by what happened, move north to what they
believe is a safer and quieter place. They end up in the city of Worms
on the Rhine River. There, the Kingdom of Burgundia is founded through
Lucius' connivances. The evil Freya-Gund marries the son of the king
of Burgundia, poisons the king and becomes queen of the realm. Lucius
discovers where Freya-Gund hid the statue she stole from Rome with the
horde of precious gems inside, and runs off with it and the king's
daughter. Freya-Gund uncovers his crime and chases after them with a
vengeance. What happens next takes Lucius to the mountain top of
intrigue in the world of the Visigoths and into the bowels of power of
the Roman Empire.
While the king of the Visigoths
searches out a new home for his people, the Emperor of Rome hides, the
aristocracy of the city of Rome prays for deliverance, but Lucius is
able to manipulate them all. He moves with impunity in a world that
has flipped upside down.
The Germanic tribes over-run the
Rhine and Danube River borders, the Emperor of Rome is powerless, half
of Gaul decimated, Briton abdicated and all of Spain lost.
For everyone in the West except
Lucius Domitilla, it is the beginning of the Dark Ages. For
him...well, we are getting ahead of the story. If you like historical
fiction, you must read the book.
About the Author:
Howard H. Howard says, "I have
literally and literarily walked the walk of this adventure: tasted the
water in the aqueducts, stepped through the gates of old walled
cities, traveled the old goat trails in the Alpine passes, sailed the
seas, floated the rivers and entered the tombs of the ancients. Once
having laid the foundation for this trilogy in libraries throughout
Europe and America, I shifted to the artistic side of my brain. How
did sack cloth feel on the naked skin? What did they really eat? How
did they get through the winters? How clean was clean? What about sex
and violence? With that I leave you to enjoy this raucous tale of
adventure and intrigue at the beginning of the Dark Ages."
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