Heart of EvilA year has passed since the end of the Gallic rebellion of Sacrovir and Florus. Retribution has been exacted and the province is at peace once more. And yet there are some who escaped Rome's justice. They are led by a man whose heart burns with hate; an heir to rebellion. Knowing that there can be no victory against the legions; his vengeance can only be wrought through terror and murder. The Gallic city of Lugdunum will be the first to taste his wrath.The city of Lugdunum flourishes; the Twentieth Legion's Third Cohort having been stationed within the city since the end of the Sacrovir Revolt. For Centurion Proculus and his legionaries their comfortable assignment will soon come unraveled as a series of grisly murders looks to upset the order of the city. Sergeant Artorius inadvertently finds himself at the center of the search to find these mysterious killers before they undermine the city's faith in the protection of the legions; a search that will lead him on a journey into the darkest corners of what lurks in a broken man's wicked soul.
James Mace is a historical novelist and screenplay writer. He has written four books so far in the series "Soldier of Rome - The Artorian Chronicles". In addition, he has written short novella based around the series, "Centurion Valens and the Empress of Death". He also co-wrote the critically acclaimed screenplay, "The Evil That Men Do".
James is expecting the fifth Artorian book, "Soldier of Rome: Judea", to be out in the spring of 2012. At the same time he will be publishing his first non-Roman work, a novella entitled "Forlorn Hope: The Storming of Badajoz".
