Gavin Chappell: 20 books

Imperial agent Gaius Flaminius Drusus regretfully bids farewell to the epicene delights of Baiae when he is recalled to Rome. The procurator of Britain has been murdered, and the Chief wants Flaminius and Centurion Junius Italicus to accompany the new procurator, Corvus, to the province to investigate....

he Roman Empire is celebrating the eighth anniversary of Hadrian’s succession. In Egypt, sacrifices are offered in the temples, chariot races are held in the Alexandrian Hippodrome, and in the arena, ten days of gladiatorial combats are fought in the blazing sun. Beyond the city, however, lies a...

Returning from his clash with the rebels in the Nile Delta, Gaius Flaminius Drusus searches Alexandria for their leader, Arctos. But other forces are at work. Unable to locate his enemy, the imperial agent finds himself accused of plotting against the emperor. On the run, he must struggle both to...

Seconded to the Twenty Second Legion in Egypt, Gaius Flaminius Drusus finds himself plunged into a murky world of religious cults and ethnic hatreds. Investigating the murder of his predecessor, Flaminius is hindered at every turn, despite the assistance of the Egyptian scribe and reformed tomb robber,...

Imperial agent Gaius Flaminius Drusus is working undercover as a tribune in the Praetorian Guard. His remit is to investigate the death of Rufinus Crassus, the senator who died mysteriously after his assassination attempt on the emperor Hadrian. Commissary Centurion Probus thinks the senator was murdered...

After his recent exploits in the Delta and Alexandria itself, Gaius Flaminius Drusus is feeling restless. The province of Egypt is at peace; indeed, so is the whole of Hadrian's empire. But the imperial agent is troubled. After Avidius Pollio turns down another application for transfer to a different...