Caesar's Cousin

by C. Jagodzinski

The Roman Empire, 270 A.D. The Goths devise a daring seize the islands through which Rome's food supply travels and starve the Empire into submission. Lady Honoria and her children sail straight into the conflict when she visits her husband, Lucius, at his post in Cyprus. Separated by the battle, Honoria and her children are taken captive. To save her son from human sacrifice and the women from being enslaved, Honoria claims to be Caesar's cousin. Anticipating a rich ransom, the hostages are shipped to the distant mountain stronghold of the Goth king, Filimer, where Honoria constantly matches wits with his sister, Rybova, who suspects the truth.

Meanwhile, Lucius survives the slaughter and is sent back to Rome to inform Caesar of the devastating loss of key islands. Believing his family is dead, he welcomes the Senate's lethal mandate to find Caesar, warring in the eastern provinces, and inform him of this disaster. Lucius welcomes certain death, but Caesar surprises him with the revelation that his wife and children are alive. Lucius will do anything, endure any hardship, to be reunited with his family..

380 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 11, 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.