Escrita por un historiador serio esta novela pinta la vida de un soldado romano tanto en las legiones como luego cuando vuelve a su puebo. Alli ocurren algunos homicidios que le pretenden adjudicar. buena entretenida, que más se puede pedir ( )

Departure for this author--setting in the Roman Republic. A soldier returns from war in Greece with PTSD, herein manifesting itself as flashbacks to "the last house and what happened there" in Corinth and visions of the Fates. Several people are killed and the hero is accused of the murders. Beforehand, he does convince the people the murderers are not a spirit and the killers are unmasked: literally since they wear animal skins over their heads. We get a taste of the life of small farmers of that period and how their land is grabbed by the rich to increase their property holdings. This will lead to the big plantations [a sort of agribusiness], mainstays in the empire later on. A quick read and nice mixture of historical novel and murder mystery. ( )