A Time of Fear & Flight — Sydney Knox

The exciting saga of Blood Empire picks back up with Book Two: A Time of Fear & Flight... Running for your life is bad enough. Running for your life from your father is even worse. Crispus has a weakness for beautiful women and is young and foolish enough to imagine he can match wits against one, his stepmother Fausta. He finds out he is wrong â€" the hard way. Now his father Emperor Constantine, believes Crispus is guilty of a terrible crime and the only person who can convince his father of his innocence is a thousand miles away. With nowhere to turn and few he can trust, Crispus finds himself on a ship bound for Nicomedia and the safety of an aunt he hasn't seen in years. En route to Nicomedia, Crispus again manages to find trouble in a pretty face, this time with Cassia, the daughter of a man who tries to help him. In the midst of this chaos, he reconnects with Julia, the headstrong daughter of his father's rival, Emperor Galerius. Julia represents his last chance for redemption â€" but can she forgive him for her broken heart? When an unexpected visitor finds him in his refuge, Crispus is again on the run â€" this time to answer a call that could save him â€" or finish him off for good. From the Italian peninsula to Ancient Ephesus and the mystical lands of Cappadocia, Blood Empire Book Two turns up the heat on Crispus. Will he finally fold under the pressure and beg his father for forgiveness â€" or take destiny into his own hands, even it if means the death of those he loves?