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    The Racing Factions: A Crossroads Brotherhood Novella from the bestselling author of the VESPASIAN series
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    The Racing Factions: A Crossroads Brotherhood Novella from the bestselling author of the VESPASIAN series
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    The Racing Factions: A Crossroads Brotherhood Novella from the bestselling author of the VESPASIAN series

    By Robert Fabbri

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    An ebook-exclusive short story from the bestselling Vespasian series.

    Marcus Salvius Magnus is a fanatical supporter of the Green Racing Faction and expects a wager to be honoured. Although he does not presume honesty from anyone, he does believe that a bookmaker at the Circus Maximus should record each bet scrupulously and pay the full amount due. But Ignatius, the bookmaker, is foolish enough to attempt to cheat Magnus out of his winnings, incurring not only his wrath but that also of the South Quirinal Crossroads Brotherhood of which Magnus is the leader. In the shady realm of Rome's underworld Magnus will use the full resources of his criminal fraternity to exact appropriate vengeance.

    But Magnus also has a problem: his patron, Gaius Vespasius Pollo, is attempting to get his nephew, Sabinus, elected as a quaestor. To do this he feels that the support of the senior consul, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, would be more than useful. He asks Magnus to ease the consul - a man known for his extreme violence - in the right direction.

    Ahenobarbus has a passion: the Red Faction at the circus. Could it be that Magnus might wash two tunics in the same tub, bringing Ignatius down and securing Ahenobarbus' support by attempting to fix a chariot race in a manner that has never been done before?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCorvus
    Release dateJul 4, 2013
    ISBN9781782393467
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    The Racing Factions: A Crossroads Brotherhood Novella from the bestselling author of the VESPASIAN series
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    Robert Fabbri

    Robert Fabbri read Drama and Theatre at London University and has worked in film and TV for twenty-five years. As an assistant director he has worked on productions such as Hornblower, Hellraiser, Patriot Games and Billy Elliot. His life-long passion for ancient history - especially the Roman Empire - inspired the birth of the Vespasian series. He lives in London and Berlin.

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    • 4/5
      A short prequel to the Vespasian series of Fabbri. Well written, and entertaining. We learn that Magnus, who will quickly become the young Vespasian's right hand man, is a quick witted and connected individual (though that was always apparent). Magnus is the boss of a 'brethren', who govern an area of working class Rome, and charge for this service. In this story we see several tricky situations resolved to everyone's (at least that of the good people) advantage. Fabbri is not hesitant to show lots of dead bodies and the chopping off of limbs.

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