#1 – Emperor’s Sword
Caledonia, AD 208. Silus serves as a Roman scout during Septimius Severus’s northern campaign, where forests, marshes and mobile enemies make conventional formations unreliable. A reconnaissance mission ends in disaster and draws him to the attention of Marcus Oclatinius Adventus, who recruits him into the Arcani…
#2 – Emperor’s Knife
Britain and Rome, AD 211. Septimius Severus is dying at Eboracum, leaving Caracalla and Geta to inherit an empire neither is willing to share. Silus, now a centurion and Arcani operative, is drawn from the northern campaign into the guarded households and competing commands surrounding the…
#3 – Emperor’s Axe
Rome and Alexandria, AD 212–215. Caracalla’s victory over Geta has become a campaign to destroy everyone suspected of sympathy with the murdered emperor. When a child connected to Silus is taken, the Arcani operative follows the trail from a fearful capital to Egypt. Alexandria is already…
#4 – Who All Die
The eastern Roman Empire, c. AD 165. A legionary force returning from the Parthian war is struck by a lethal epidemic that spreads through camps and communities along the imperial roads. The young Marcus Oclatinius Adventus is left responsible for men weakened by disease while hostile…
#5 – Emperor’s Spear
The German frontier, AD 213. Caracalla seeks military prestige in a campaign beyond the Rhine and Danube, relying on soldiers whose loyalty is essential to his rule. Silus is sent to find Atius, a missing Arcani officer, and discovers signs that the disappearance is connected to…
#6 – Emperor’s Lion
Numidia during Caracalla’s reign. Reports of a threat connected to the officer Marcellus bring Silus to the Roman North African frontier, where forts, desert routes and relations with the Garamantes create a different form of imperial warfare. He enters a unit known as the Lions while…
#7 – Emperor’s Fate
Mesopotamia, AD 216–217. Caracalla invades Parthian territory while presenting himself as a new Alexander, and Silus serves close enough to the emperor to see the fear and calculation behind the performance. The campaign places the Roman army far from secure bases and exposes every faction within…