The Alexandrian Embassy (9 page)

Tatianus picked up the jar and hurled it across the room to shatter on the far wall. Without a word he turned and stalked out.

‘I'll call for you when I need you,' Magnus shouted after him. ‘I much prefer doing business here, on my terms.' Magnus grunted with satisfaction as he listened to Tatianus stomp down the corridor. He tipped the fifty aurei onto the table and then
looked at Servius. ‘Fifty aurei from him and fifty-one from Philo; it would seem, brother, that we're one aureus up on the deal.'

‘I'll record that in my ledgers.'

‘You do that, brother; and meanwhile I'll try and work out another way of getting into Tatianus' strongroom without using a Scorpion.'

DON'T MISS VESPASIAN'S NEXT MISSION…

AD 58: Nero's extravagance has reached new heights, triggering a growing financial crisis in Britannia. Vespasian is sent to Londinium to intervene, only to become embroiled in a deadly rebellion, one that threatens to destroy Britannia and destabilise the empire…

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THE VESPASIAN SERIES

TRIBUNE OF ROME
ROME'S EXECUTIONER
FALSE GOD OF ROME
ROME'S FALLEN EAGLE
MASTERS OF ROME
ROME'S LOST SON

COMING SOON

THE FURIES OF ROME

SHORT STORIES

THE CROSSROADS BROTHERHOOD
THE RACING FACTIONS
THE DREAMS OF MORPHEUS

First published in paperback in Great Britain in 2015 by Corvus, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd.

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