The Iron Gates

In AD 101, the Roman Empire is poised for a renewed campaign against Dacia under the leadership of Emperor Trajan, eager to achieve what Domitian could not: total conquest. Newly assigned rider Tiberius Claudius Maximus finds himself confronting both the challenges of war and his own haunting past as he returns to the pivotal site of Tapae. With a fierce battle against King Decebalus on the horizon, the fate of Dacia and the Iron Gates hangs in the balance.