Los días del César (XVI)

Resumen del libro

Cato y Macro los personajes que ya se han convertido en una leyenda de la novela histórica para millones de lectores, se vuelven a meter en líos, para salvar el Imperio Romano.
El emperador Claudio ha fallecido y ahora es Nerón quien lleva las riendas del Imperio.
Sin embargo, su hermanastro, Británico, ha reclamado el trono.
Una sangrienta lucha de poder está en marcha.
Todo lo que desean el prefecto Cato y el centurión Macro es vivir la vida militar que les corresponde, luchando con sus valientes y leales hombres.
Pero Cato ha llamado la atención de algunos grupos rivales que están decididos a ponerlo de su parte.
Para sobrevivir, Cato deberá fiarse de su astucia y sólo cuenta con la ayuda del único romano de todo el Imperio en quien puede confiar: Macro.
A medida que las fuerzas rebeldes aumentan, los legionarios y guardias pretorianos son movidos como piezas de ajedrez por figuras poderosas y sombrías.
Un juego político ha creado el máximo desafío militar.
¿Se puede evitar la guerra civil? El futuro del Imperio está de nuevo en manos de Cato

Biografía del autor

Simon Scarrow is a UK-based author, born in Nigeria and now based in Norfolk. He completed a master's degree at the University of East Anglia 1 after working at the Inland Revenue, and then went into teaching as a lecturer, firstly at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, then at City College Norwich.<br><br>He is best known for his Eagle Series of Roman Military fiction set in the territories of the Roman Empire, covering the second invasion of Britain and the subsequent prolonged campaign undertaken by the rump of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. To date there are eleven books in the series, with the 11th released in November 2011, Praetorian. The twelfth book has recently been announced and is due to be released in October 2013, The Blood Crows 2 .<br><br>He has also written another series, Revolution, focusing on Wellington and Napoleon, whose first title, Young Bloods, was published in 2006. The second volume, The Generals, was released on the 31 May 2007 and the third volume Fire and Sword was released in January 2009. The fourth and final novel of the series was released in Jun 2010 and is called The Fields of Death. He has now started writing a new series titled Gladiator: The fight for freedom.<br><br>