The Black Stone

✍ Scribed by Brown, Nick

• Book ID: 108907827
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 384 KB
• Series: Agent of Rome 4
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781444779134

✦ Synopsis

AD 273. Obsessed by the solar religions of the east, the emperor Aurelian sets out to obtain every sacred object within his realm. But one - a mysterious rock said to channel the power of the sun god - lies beyond his reach. Warrior-priest Ilaha has captured the legendary stone and is using it to raise an army against Rome. For Imperial agent Cassius Corbulo and ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara, stopping him constitutes their greatest challenge yet. Assisted by a squad of undercover soldiers and a Saracen chieftain, they trek south across the deserts of Arabia, encountering sandstorms, murderous money-lenders and a ruthless German mercenary. And when they finally reach Ilaha's mountain fortress, they face thousands of warriors who will give their lives to protect him ... and the black stone.