Tyrant

About the book

On the day Emperor Claudius married Agrippina, a senator lay dying in his own home. Just yesterday, this senator was engaged to Octavia, Claudius’s daughter.

Now, blood pours from his wrists.

Agrippina’s rise to empress changes everything. Claudius decides to adopt her young son Nero, making him the new heir.

Those who oppose his wife face disappointment, accusations, or death.

But Nero is still a vulnerable boy, competing with his brother for their father’s favor. He learns to fight, to love. And if his mother wants him to marry Octavia, well, Rome has seen scandals before.

However, those who survived Agrippina, and their families, have not forgotten. They seek opportunities to strike at this plotting mother and her son.

Rome is a dangerous place.

To succeed there, as Nero will soon learn, others must fall – even emperors.