Blood of the Gods

Gaius Julius Caesar is dead. Rome is engulfed in sorrow. The murderers, who called themselves the Liberators of Rome, have been granted amnesty, but they are not at ease about their fate — too loudly have their actions reverberated. The... Senate is on their side, however, not everyone is ready to betray the memory of the great hero of Rome. Caesar's longtime companion, who rose under his patronage, Mark Antony, and Caesar’s adopted son, Gaius Octavian, have formed an alliance and will stop at nothing — the traitors must face justice. Especially Marcus Brutus — a childhood friend, associate, and organizer of the treacherous conspiracy against the Divine Julius… Years have passed, and all these events described in Conn Iggulden’s novel “Blood of the Gods” have become distant history. Iggulden's tale “The Fig Tree” is dedicated to the last days of the reign of Caesar's adopted son — Octavian, who was destined, under the name of Caesar Augustus, to bury the Republic and be the first to take the title of Emperor of Rome.