Caesar's Cousin

by C. Jagodzinski

The Goths devised a daring seize the islands through which Rome’s food supply traveled and starve the Empire into submission. Lady Honoria and her children unwittingly land in the conflict when she visits her husband at his military post in Cyprus. Torn apart by battle, Honoria and her family are captured. To save her son from human sacrifice and the women being enslaved, Honoria claims to be Caesar’s cousin. Her captors believe her lie. Anticipating a rich ransom, they ship the hostages the Goth king’s distant mountain stronghold where Honoria must constantly match wits with King Filimer’s sister, Rybova, who suspects the truth.

Meanwhile, Lucius survives. Believing his family is dead, he welcomes the Senate’s lethal mandate to find Caesar, warring somewhere in the eastern provinces, and inform him of this disaster. As a defeated general, this means certain death. However, Caesar surprises him with news his wife and children are alive. Lucius will do anything, endure any hardship to be reunited with his family.

Both Honoria and Lucius must discover and use their untapped cunning and strength to constantly adapt to events that surprise and challenge them.

324 pages, Paperback

Published May 15, 2025

Reviews

[Gail Merritt]

This was my first book by this author and I loved it. The wonderful descriptions along with the inventive main character who manages to maneuver her family’s captivity through creative lies to succeed in a hostile environment was both entertaining and edge of chair reading.