Terza pretoria. Il ruggito del Vesuvio by Giorgio Figus out now for Giunti
Third chapter of a new series of adventures set in the ancient Rome of Trajan, Rome, 113 AD. Sisto Corio and Cleo Zagaros are two agents of a proto-secret service that was actually established by Emperor Trajan. In each volume of the series, the two protagonists are called upon to solve mysterious cases in various parts of the empire.
THE ROAR OF THE VESUVIUS
Some thirty years after the eruption of Vesuvius, mysterious, flaming figures roam the ruins of the city of Pompeii – that was never rebuilt for fear that such a tragedy could happen again – spreading terror amongst the Roman legionaries. In the nearby town of Neapolis, several houses have inexplicably collapsed. Amidst giant crabs and agents of the Moloch Bat, Sisto Corio and Cleo Zagaròs’s new investigation will take them deep into Vesuvius, where a group of Samnites is working on a secret weapon to drive the Romans out of Neapolis…
