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Conn Iggulden continues the story of Gaius Julius, the boy who grows up to bear a name that is synonymous with the word “Emperor” in The Death of Kings, the second book in the Emperor series of historical novels. Summary of the Book Gaius Julius Caesar’s name begins to echo through the senate’s halls in Rome. However, Caesar is not in Rome. He is away in North Africa, where he is busy etching a reputation for himself with a band of ragtag soldiers who look to him for inspiration and direction. They have been captured by a band of pirates who seek to use Caesar for ransom. However, they do not realize that the young man they have kidnapped is a keen strategist and a tactician unlike any before him. Even as Julius builds a concrete reputation away from home, his childhood friend Marcus Brutus rises to power after the fall of a dictator. Together, Brutus and Caesar were once thick as thieves, closer than brothers. Now the looming threat of a rebel army of slaves, championed by the notorious gladiator Spartacus brings these young men together once again, to protect the world they know and love. This book continues the story of Julius Caesar, the first Emperor of Rome. About Conn Iggulden Conn Iggulden is a British writer known for writing historical novels. He has also written the Conqueror series, in which he tells the story of the Mongol tribes, and Blackwater. Series Reading Order The legend of Caesar continues in The Field of Swords, the third book in the Emperor series.