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The Guardians of Byzantium
It is the twilight of the Roman Empire. For over a thousand years the Romans have been the masters of the known world, but now beset on all sides and from within, their power is fading. The sons of the last great emperor now rule a divided empire, both weak, both at the mercy of ambitious men who seek power for themselves.
In Constantinople the regent is hated and untouchable; loathed and feared alike by a powerless senate and the inner circle of advisers to the emperor of the East. Meanwhile a hoard of barbarians rampage unopposed through the heart of the empire, inflaming tensions between the citizens.
Into this cauldron of hate and fear comes a Romano-Gothic General willing to attempt what no one else is willing to do, but his actions unleash a chain of events which lead to unprecedented consequences for the empire. Throughout this tumultuous time, one man works to preserve the greatest empire the world has known and to become it's guardian angel for another thousand years...
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The Guardians of Byzantium : Book 1
The year is 395AD, Theodosius the last sole ruler of the Roman Empire is dead. The Western Roman Empire falls under the control of the Vandal General Stilicho, regent to the child emperor Honorius, whilst in the East the adolescent Arcadius comes under the control of the Praetorian Prefect Rufinus.
When the murder of the Praetorian Prefect in front of thousands of witnesses goes unpunished, the Imperial Court of the East is plunged into chaos as senators and officials scheme and connive to gain the control of the Empire. Out of the chaos rises a eunuch, ruthless, hungry for power and determined to put his troubled past behind him.
The murder also triggers an army of barbarians commanded by a Gothic King to go on the rampage through Greece unchecked. In the midst of the carnage, a farmhand and army veteran make a journey to Constantinople to raise the alarm but become entrapped in the intrigue and street politics of the city.
Meanwhile a young ambitious procurator discovers a plot that threatens to undermine the very fabric of the Roman Empire. With the help of a Persian moneychanger and a loyal Gothic bodyguard he follows the trail of clues deep into the underworld of Constantinople, and across the sea to Cyzicus, where strange happenings in the Imperial Mint raise more questions than answers.
Events come to a head in the Peloponnese when the Western Empire lands an army to remove the barbarian hoard from Greece, but Constantinople employs a daring political gambit which causes the two halves of the empire to lock horns in a battle, both sides vying for supremacy over the whole Roman Empire.
It is in these years, that the Guardians of Byzantium are born. A secret organization that guards the Byzantine Empire and keeps it alive for a thousand years after the West has fallen to the barbarians..
