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ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Saylor, Steven W., PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, When Caesar marches on Rome, Pompeii and the panic-stricken Senate prepare to flee the city. The murder of a visitor to the house of Gordianus the Finder could not occur at a worse moment -- especially since the dead man is is Pompey's favorite cousin, and quite possibly a dangerous spy. Threatening a terrible penalty for failure, Pompey commands a reluctant Gordianus to find the killer. Gordianus' quest leads him to the secret meeting place of two young lovers...to an infamous bordello where an old friend reveals himself as a master spy...and finally beyond Rome, on a deadly journey into the killing fields of war.