Maximum Sentence

Vibius Furius is a disgraced Roman police cop, ex-Prefect, chronic drunk, and now proud owner of an effeminate know-it-all slave named Ephialtes. Thrown together by inexplicable fate, this unlikely duo are about to embark on a missing persons investigation that will lead them from the dregs of Rome's sordid underworld to the verge of busting a vast Empire-wide conspiracy. Set in Trajan's Rome and incorporating a decade's worth of research, Maximum Sentence combines elements of noir detective fiction, early Christian cults, and edge-of-your-seat adventure.