AD 354: Julian, a young scholar in Athens, is rhe last survivor of a bloody polirical purge rhat killed the entire royal family. Summoned to the court of the Emperor Constantius, he fears the worst - only to find himself hearing the ring of Caesar of the Western Empire.
Tested by bloody battle and the scepticism of the Roman legions, Julian proves to be a military genius. Yet a dark side of his ambition emerges as he sets his sights on the greatest conquest of all - the Persian Empire. With this, his gods and his sanity desert him - and the course of history is altcred for ever.
From the forbidding forests of ancient Gaul to the swcltering sands of Pcrsia, Gods & Legions is a breathtaking novel of one of the most dangcrous periods - and enduring mysteries - of all time.