With the Roman Empire under fire by the tenure of unwanted civil wars and various emperors the past year, corruption and political overtone linger throughout Rome. As the protagonist is caught in between a murder case and conspiracy, his encounter with a senator’s niece named Sosia Camillina sparks the powder keg. With Sosia developing Falco’s main purpose in the novel her death ultimately inclines action and adds mystery to the novel. After Sosia’s death, her cousin Helena Justina is then introduced into the novel after her father supports Falco to investigate his niece’s killer. With …show more content…
The novel is well rounded, but only falls short due to the accidental mistakes made by the author. Nonetheless, the fact that the book is followed by several sequels ultimately provides the possibility that the author fixes the issues within the next installments. However, despite being a well rounded novel the book at times is dragged out with unnecessary additional words where the author attempts to further describe her point. The reader at times will have to re-read several passages to understand the repetitive word choice and will have to overcome the lack of suspense within the novel’s key