The murder of a moneylender is for many people the answer to a pray. For others it is a means to an end With the stroke of a dagger all debts are paid, or are they?

For Centurion Carinus the death of one man sets in motion a chain of events, that will see him embroiled in a power struggle with men who will not hesitate to kill anyone in their quest for power.

Can one man stop them?

The fort of Vercovicium on Hadrian s great wall is not an inviting place at the best of times, even less so after a murder.

Centurion Carinus is therefore less than enthusiastic when ordered to the northern frontier to investigate the murder.Carinus soon finds that his presence at the fort is unwelcome.

When his own life is threatend by people who have more than just the murder of one man to hide, the Centurion fights back and shows he can be just as ruthless in his quest for the truth.