The Temple of the Muses

John Maddox Roberts

английский

Avon Books

Времена Римской империи. Младший сенатор расследует убийство в Египте.

Decius Caecilius Metellus прибывает в Александрию в рамках своей дипломатической миссии. Вскоре он вынужден отвлечься от своих обязанностей, после того, как при загадочных обстоятельствах убивают местного вспыльчивого философа.

Junior senator Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger welcomes the opportunity to join a Roman diplomatic mission to Alexandria - and thus escape his enemies in the Etemal City. But the suspicious death of an irascible philosopher distracts the seasoned sleuth from his enjoyment of the exotic outpost's many pleasures. Perversely intrigued by the heinous crime - and the apocalyptic ravings of a charismatic cult leader - Decius is given free reign by the Egyptian Pharaoh to investigate. But when the corpse of a famous courtesan mysteriously tums up in his own bed, Decius suddenly finds himself ensnared in a conspiracy far more deadly than her ever imagined - one that threatens to devastate the Empire - and bring about the downfall of his beloved Rome.