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"The Veiled Assassin" is the first in Q. V. Hunter's ground-breaking series, 'The Embers of Empire, ' introducing Roman fiction fans to a little-used setting when the Republic and Imperium periods had become fading memories.The Dominate period ruled by Emperors Constans, Constantius II, Julian the Apostate, and the Valentinian brothers was a world of usurping barbarian generals, competing Christian factions, intrigant eunuchs, overstretched borders, and the rise of the rival 'New Roma' or Constantinople in the East.In this first adventure, "The Veiled Assassin" pits young Marcus Gregorianus Numidianus, half-Numidian bastard slave-turned-spy, against religious suicide martyrs destroying the stability of Roman African colonial exports vital to a hungry empire. Even if Marcus' mission to find the powerful mastermind behind the mutilating ambushes is a success, will his army master honor an obligation to free the stubborn young volunteer hero?Once trained at the Castra Peregrina, Roma's notorious intelligence headquarters in Rome, Marcus will survive to face Gallo-Roman army rebels, corrupt eunuchs controlling the East, and a pair of Christian emperors inheriting a bankrupt empire in the face of Goths, Alemanni, Saxons, Berbers, Persians, and Franks-all amidst embers of a world blindly smoldering toward its extinction. Migrant surges, religious suicide martyrs, imperialist commodity extraction, spiritual faddism, gender battles, child sex abuse, people-trafficking-even a forerunner of Brexit-it all happened already to the men and women of the second half of the 4th century, now vividly depicted in this exciting espionage action series delighting fans of Bernard Cornwell, Steven Saylor, and Robert Harris.

Freshly stained with the blood of Caesar Gallus, Agent Numidianus must spy on a rising Franco-Roman hero rescuing Roman Gaul from Alemannic raiders. The dashing General Claudius Silvanus once betrayed Marcus' father but later saved Marcus himself from execution. Is Silvanus now the man to save the Roman Empire of the West-or destroy it? Should Marcus warn him of treachery in Emperor Constantius II's court or let the Fates exact revenge on his behalf? The Wolves of Ambition is the fourth in a thrilling espionage adventure series set in the post-Constantine era. It plunges Marcus Gregorianus Numidianus into a contest between military heroes versus intrigant courtiers for influence over the paranoid Constantius-all of them embers of an empire blindly smoldering toward extinction. Packed with action and suspense, the Embers of Empire series is delighting fans of Bernard Cornwell, Steven Saylor, and Robert Harris.

In a desperate bid to revive his spy service, Marcus Gregorianus Numidianus vows to thwart a coup staged by diehard Constantine loyalists against the Valentinian brothers' new regime. But Marcus has underestimated the rebels' clever planning. He arrives in Constantinople too late to save Emperor Valens' throne. Now trapped in the East as a double agent with only a deaf brigand and an escaped slave woman for allies, can the wounded freedman survive to become Magister Agentium in Rebus, spymaster to the new dynasty? Packed with action and intrigue, the Embers of Empire series now takes the reader into the Valentinian Dynasty of the 4th century Late Roman Empire to delight fans of Bernard Cornwell, Steven Saylor, and Robert Harris.

Barbarian tribes of Saxons, Picts, and Franks have ransacked Britain in one fell swoop. The island's Roman troops-unpaid and demoralized-have deserted their posts. Emperor Valentinian's two top generals can't regain control. And the 'agentes in rebus' are disgraced by their failure to alert the throne in time. The ambitious Count Flavius Theodosius doesn't intend to be his sovereign's third military loser. He wants spymaster Marcus Gregorianus Numidianus to reconnoiter a chaotic Britain awash in violence. Marcus has worries of his own. His cherished Britannia agent has vanished, leaving only a melted wax tablet and a pair of boots. Can Marcus find Benedictus in time? And will he restore his spy network's reputation by helping the ruthless Theodosius return a rebellious Britannia to the Roman Empire? Packed with action and intrigue, the Embers of Empire series takes the reader into the Valentinian Dynasty of the late 4th century to delight fans of Bernard Cornwell, Steven Saylor, and Robert Harris.

Emperor Valentinian's Pannonian henchman Maximinus hijacks a poisoning investigation in order to wage a vicious anti-vice purge of Rome's elites. City boss Olybrius deploys Marcus Gregorianus Numidianus to ensure that the arrests of any senators and their wives comply with Roman regulations against torture. But Maximinus' wave of lawless terror soon threatens to trap everyone Marcus loves. The Roman-bred spy chief can only save his beloved city from its own follies by exposing the cutthroat political showdown buried deep beyond his service's reach. Packed with action and intrigue, The Embers of Empire is delighting fans of Bernard Cornwell, Lindsey Davis, and Robert Harris.

In this second volume of the "Embers of Empires" series, Roman intelligence agent Marcus must escape the court of Emperor Constans when he uncovers the humiliating secret of the young ruler's vice-ridden entourage. His flight pitches him into a more dangerous assignment-to investigate a military conspiracy to usurp Constans' throne. Worse, this mission means spying on the very man whose trust Marcus craves more than anything.Moving from the Late Roman imperial courts to Mursa, the bloodiest battleground of fourth century Europe, the ex-slave must outwit Gallo-Roman rebels, vicious imperial siblings and ruthless espionage rivals--all of them embers of an empire blindly smoldering toward extinction. Packed with action and intrigue, "Usurpers" is sure to delight fans of Steven Saylor, Robert Harris and Bernard Cornwell.

To unite the warring Roman army under his fresh command, Emperor Julian offers his military enemies a free hand over a sinister show trial purging the late Constantius II's court. As the names of the generals' targets leak out from the Chalcedon tribunal, panic and betrayal engulfs civil servants, imperial eunuchs, and even the agentes in rebus.Agent Numidianus returns to Rome to discover his headquarters under a new chief and his ailing intelligence master Apodemius gone missing. With a trusted few, he fights to protect the Magister's most vulnerable secret ever- while defending himself against charges that will tie him to the executioner's stake.Packed with action and intrigue, the Embers of Empire series is delighting fans of Bernard Cornwell, Steven Saylor and Robert Harris.

Delegates from Tripolitania startle Emperor Valentinian with their accusations of imperial corruption and appeals against barbarians destroying their capital, Leptis Magna. But a cabal of courtiers condemn the whistleblowers to lose their tongues-and more-for lying.>Packed with action and rich detail, the Embers of Empire series is winning praise for bringing to life the long-forgotten, dark intrigues of the Valentinian Dynasty of the late 4th century, to delight fans of Bernard Cornwell, Steven Saylor, and Robert Harris.

While waiting to escort the Constantine fiancée of Emperor Gratian to marriage in Treverorum, spy boss Marcus Numidianus witnesses the murder of a Quadi king attending an official Roman banquet. A revenge attack on Constantia Postuma's nuptial cortège is a warning that the policy of Gratian's father, Emperor Valentinian, to beef up the Danube's defenses is only inflaming barbarian savagery.The ageing Valentinian is also juggling too many would-be successors at court. He longs for one impartial advisor and Marcus finds himself jockeying between the factions slavering for control over the western Roman Empire. When sudden disaster strikes, Marcus plays the political game of his career so that the legitimate heir might prevail-but the veteran spy's tactics cost him dearly.Packed with action and intrigue, the Embers of Empire series takes the reader into the Valentinian Dynasty of the late 4th century to delight fans of Bernard Cornwell, Lindsey Davis, and Robert Harris.