Daniel Shellenbarger’s Reviews > The Sword of Jupiter > Status Update

Starnes does something interesting here with his protagonist. Usually this sort of time-jumping "start civ over" thing, the hero is more relatable than the locals, and that's what you think at the start as he's appalled by the savagery of the ancient world and his goals seem appealing, but gradually it becomes clear he's a dehumanized cog from a absolutist dystopian future and the Romans are the more relatable ones.