The Mask of Command

In a time of political upheaval following a murder, Aurelius Castus is tasked with leading the military forces on the Rhine frontier, where the lines between civilization and barbarism blur. Central to the conflict are two boys—Emperor Constantine’s heir, Crispus, and Castus’s own son, Sabinus—whose lives hang in the balance. Castus finds himself the guardian of these young lives amid growing dangers and unrest.