Nero - Conn Iggulden

Imperial Rome. Emperor Tiberius is dying. The war to be heir begins...

Aggripina, a granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, has given birth to a boy. Blood gives him claim to the imperial throne. But proximity to a dying emperor is dangerous.

The game of succession is brutal, bloody, murderous. As the knives come out, anyone considered a threat faces imprisonment, exile, or execution.

Only the wily, the ruthless, survive. What must a mother do to save her son?