Arms of Nemesis: A Novel of Ancient Rome
by: Saylor, Steven

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press , 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclpped dust jacket. The hideously disfigured body was found in the atrium. The only clues are a blood-soaked cloak, and, carved into the stone at the corpse's feet, the word Sparta. The murdered man was the overseer of Marcus Crassus's estate, apparently killed by two runaway slaves bent on joining Spartacus's revolt. In response to the murder, the wealthy, powerful Crassus vows to honor an ancient law and kill his ninety-nine remaining slaves in three days. Now Gordianus the Finder has been summoned from Rome by a mysterious client to find out the truth about the murder before the three days are up.