Two Spies and a General

It is the year 221 B.C. and there is a tenuous peace between the two rival states of Carthage and Rome, but vengeance, not peace is on the mind of Herotyrus -- one of Carthages' noble citizens. When his plans of revenge fail, Herotyrus is forced from the streets of Carthage to Hannibal's army in Iberia, where he is consigned to the dead, so he can become Hannibal's personal spy. But as a Carthaginian on Roman soil, Hero's loyalties are tested as he discovers slavery, treachery and love -- slavery that brings him to the brink of death, treachery that spans the Mediterranean Sea and love that transcends the hate of two warring nations. With traitors hunting him within the ranks of those he should trust, Hero fights to survive, going from spy to assassin in an attempt to end the corruption threatening Hannibal's campaign and his own life. CHAPTER 1 Thieves Next Door......Page 12 CHAPTER 2 A Trap And A Trip......Page 17 CHAPTER 3 Pressed In to Service......Page 22 CHAPTER 4 A Lesson In Discretion......Page 29 CHAPTER 5 Flirting with Death......Page 39 CHAPTER 6 City of Circles......Page 48 CHAPTER 7 Circle Of Lies......Page 61 CHAPTER 8 Voice From Above......Page 68 CHAPTER 9 Bound For the Unknown......Page 76 CHAPTER 10 A Hero's Cost......Page 82 CHAPTER 11 One Hundred Forry-Three Stripes......Page 90 CHAPTER 12 Daybreak is a Taskmaster......Page 97 CHAPTER 13 Burned......Page 105 CHAPTER 14 So Shall It Be Decreed......Page 112 CHAPTER 15 A Siege, a Rope and a Wall......Page 120 CHAPTER 16 Sacked......Page 129 CHAPTER 1 7 Not Yours to Kill......Page 136 CHAPTER 18 Vengeance is Blind......Page 145 CHAPTER 19 Take Your Oaths Elsewhere......Page 155 CHAPTER 20 Turned, Returned and Unplanted......Page 162 CHAPTER 21 Across a Frozen River......Page 170 CHAPTER 22 Go Back Again......Page 182 CHAPTER 23 Snake Bite......Page 191 CHAPTER 24 I Am a Free Citizen of Rome......Page 201 CHAPTER 25 A Heart Stolen......Page 209 CHAPTER 26 If They Fail, Watch Your Back......Page 217 CHAPTER 27 It Doesn't End With Me......Page 225 CHAPTER 28 A Bond That Never Breaks......Page 232 AFTERWORD......Page 238 ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 244