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The last book in the trilogy, The Road to Rome, came out on August 12th 2010. It reached no. 4 in the Sunday Times bestseller list in its first week! Since being released in paperback on January 20th 2011, it has sold more than 32,000 copies (March 9th.)
Having survived the perils of a journey across half the world, Romulus and Tarquinius are press-ganged into the legions, which are under imminent threat of annihilation by the Egyptians. Meanwhile in Rome, Romulus’ twin sister Fabiola lives in fear for her life, loved by Brutus, but wooed by Marcus Antonius, his deadly enemy. Soon after, Romulus fights at Zela, the vicious battle where Caesar famously said, ‘Veni, vidi, vici’. Tarquinius, separated from Romulus in the chaos of war, hides in Alexandria, searching for guidance. But mortal danger awaits them both.
From the battlefields of Asia Minor and North Africa, to the lawless streets of Rome and the gladiator arena, they face death daily, until on the Ides of March, the twins are reunited and must decide either to back or to betray Caesar on his day of destiny.
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Just finished the last of the Romulus/Fabiola trilogy. I have enjoyed all three books tremendously and the last one took me all of 3 days (because I was ravenous) to finish it.
I have two questions :
1) The ending seems to be open-ended. Did you do this on purpose in the hopes of one day coming up with a continuation book of what happened to Traquinius and Romulus after they headed back east in search of Brennus’ fate if he was still alive?
2) If you answer NO to the above #1 question, this would really frustrate your readership to think there’s no closure to the open-ended ending. So then the question is: Why?
3) What then would it take for you to reconsider changing your answer to a YES? Am I the only one begging you to say yes? I bet there are others. Please, please say yes.
I’m ready to get your next book, Hannibal. I’m delighted that it’s a trilogy.
@Pigpen: welcome to my site and thanks for posting! Curious moniker! It’s brilliant that you enjoyed the trilogy so much, and I’m so pleased that you couldn’t put the last one down. That, along with historical authenticity, is my aim when writing them.
It’s three questions, not two!
No, I didn’t write the ending to leave it open for another book. I’m sorry if it frustrates you and others – it wasn’t meant to. I think it’s a very realistic ending. We often never get to resolve things in real life, so why not have that in a book. Many people tell me that they love this ending. Sorry you didn’t. Sorry to say, I have no plans to write another book about Romulus and Tarquinius, certainly in the next 5-10 years. I have too many other ideas in my head!
I hope that you can keep going without such a book – and you may be pleased to hear that Hannibal will be a quadrilogy, and Spartacus will be two books, maybe three.
Greetings, my name is juan, i’m 14 years old and i’m from Venezuela.
I already finished to read the trilogy and enjoy them a lot, These are the best books i ever read. I would like to read the others books “Hannibal” and “Spartacus” as soon they get to Venezuela.
@Jasd/Juan: Gracias por su post, y bienvenido a mi website. Siempre estoy feliz recibir emails desde Latino America! En 1998/1999, viaje por un ano alla, desde la frontera en EEUU hasta Tierra del Fuego. Pero no visite Venezuela o Guyana – insuficiente tiempo. Ahora, mi castellano me falta, so I will go back to English!
I heard just yesterday that my Spanish publishers want to buy Hannibal, which is fantastic. There will be some delay, clearly, but it will be translated sometime soon. I hope that Spartacus will be too! Sorry about the wait until then!
Saludos.
Gracias por responder a mi comentario.
Those are good news, i will wait until then.
Hi Ben, I Just finished to read the trilogy, and the books are just impressive! I realy feel living inside the history from the beginning to the end. I only hope get Hannibal and Spartacus soon enough here in Mexico!! Is there a plan for a movie or series based on your books?
Saludos y felicidades por tu espectacular trabajo.
Oscar
Ok ive got this around the wrong way, having just come across and read Road to Rome…ah well i will have to go back and read the first two of the trilogy. Anyway i just thought i would pop in and say, as a serving British Soldier, and a bit of an amatuer Roman Historian (well i like to think so) i would just like to say what a well researched and pretty accurate portrayel of the average “Roman Soldier” whilst on operations overseas. Gritty, pulling no punches, tacticaly correct with an accurate historical background, this book has made me now intend to go out and buy the other two. I dont know if i should say this here (i will risk it) but Simon Scarrow and his excellent series on Cato and Macro has a serious contender here to the crown…lol. Thankyou and regards.
@airborne: Welcome to my site, and thanks for posting. No worries about reading TRTR first – it’s what lots of other people have done too. The main thing is that you want to go back and read the first two. Thanks for your praise – a contender for the crown?
Hey,
Just finished the trilogy for the second time and still I was glued into reading them.
I enjoy reading roman based books and after reading yours I was completely impressed
With the suspense it gives you ! It’s a shame you didn’t do a fourth where they find brennus
That would of made it a spectacular finale !
Many thanks
Terry
@terrrryyy/Terry: Glad that you like ‘em so much! Check the threads here on the site – the 4th book question is one I get asked a lot – but it won’t change my mind! Cheers.
Hey,
You should change your mind lol , that sort of finale would be superb
Cheers for replying
Terry
hace una semana termine el ultimo libro de esta trilogia, me encanto te felicito por estos trees libros, me gustaria que tus otros dos libros llegaran a latinoamerica por que me dan demasiadas ganas de leerlos , sobreto el ultimo el de Spartacus, nuevamente te felicito