The Roman world is breaking
The empire calls itself eternal.
But behind the palace walls of Ravenna, fear rules. Weak men cling to power. Old promises are broken. Soldiers are betrayed. The hungry are abandoned. And the enemies Rome helped create are gathering at its gates.
Alaric, protector of the Goths and once a commander within the Roman world, wants what Rome has long denied his people: a lawful homeland, honor, recognition, and survival. But every peaceful path is blocked by pride, politics, and betrayal.
Now he must decide how far he will go to save the Goths—and whether peace is still possible in an empire racing toward annihilation.
