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From the author of The High and the Mighty and Fate Is the Hunter, a sequel to his Biblical historical novel, The Antagontsts, which was filmed as the TV mini-series ""Masada."" In 73 A.D., or the fourth year of Vespasian, General Flavius Silva is serving as Commander of the Roman 10th Legion occupying Judea and engaged in destroying the last of the Jewish resistance. With the Jewish main force entrenched on the summit of Masada, Flavius Silva leads an attack against a surprisingly silent enemy. Pouring onto Masada's top, the Romans find that the Jews have committed mass suicide, every man, woman and child. This has a sobering effect on Flavius Silva, as does the strange behavior of one of his finest soldiers, Piso, who has become Christianized. To top off his troubles, Flavius Silva's childhood sweetheart, the gloriously beautiful Domittilia, daugther of Emperor Vespasian and unhappy wife to one of the richest senators in Rome, arrives in Judea with a message from her father--and promptly falls in love once more with Silva. Nor can Silva--battle-scarred, limping and half-blind at 36--resist her passionate advances. Their lovemaking on the beach is witnessed by Julius Scribonius, a

Author

Ernest Kellogg Gann

Publisher

New York: Pocket Books

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9780671645496

Subjects

History, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.42 / 5 (110 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14