Spies Of Rome

Blood & Honour: Rome 27BC. The civil war is over. Augustus Caesar is the First Man of Rome. But Marcus Agrippa has heard rumours of a coup, centred around the senator Lucius Scaurus. He enlists the help of the poet Rufus Varro and his bodyguard Manius to help investigate. The senator has recruited a company of actors and school of gladiators to further his ambitions. But what is his ultimate plan? Varro must get to the heart of the conspiracy, or die trying. Blood & Vengeance: Rome 26BC. An infamous slave trader, Herennius, has been robbed and murdered. Stabbed in the chest. Caesar himself has taken an interest in the crime. Marcus Agrippa instructs one of his agents, Rufus Varro, to investigate. Varro must interview various party guests who were with Herennius on the night of the murder - including a corrupt advocate and an enigmatic young poet. Everyone is a suspect, yet everyone is seemingly innocent. In the meantime, Agrippa recruits Varro's bodyguard, the former gladiator, Manius, to infiltrate the inner circle of Publius Carbo, a dangerous demagogue. Intelligence suggests that Carbo and his followers are planning to launch an attack on the city's Jewish quarter. But uncovering the truth will exact a price for the two agents. Rome is a city full of secrets and peril. Enemies lurk in the shadows. Blood and vengeance abound. Blood & Secrets: 25BC. Rufus Varro, former spy, is summoned back to Rome from his country villa by Marcus Agrippa. Accompanied by his bodyguard, Manius, Varro journeys to the capital. The road proves perilous however, when Varro is targeted by assassins. Once they reach Rome, Agrippa orders Varro to investigate the gruesome murder of a young aristocrat, Marcus Corvinus - a close friend of Tiberius and Julia, Caesar's stepson and daughter. Could Varro's new assignment and the plot to assassinate him be linked? The agent must tread carefully in his investigation, as well as watch his back for any further attempts on his life. Varro eventually uncovers the truth. It is a secret which, if he doesn't bury, could send him to his grave. At the same time the figure behind the assassination attempt is unmasked - and the hunted becomes the hunter.