Carbo returns in an unputdownable novel of murder and mystery in ancient RomeAfter years of captivity and torture by German barbarians former legionary Cicurinus ordeal should be over. Hearing of the legendary Carbo he returns to Rome to seek out this hero who might help to bring him balance. Instead he finds Carbo descending into alcoholism and gambling a broken man who brutally rebuffs him. Devastated and disgusted by the immoral city around him Cicurinus embarks on a rampage of slaughter thro