Abject Authority

Some skills need to remain relevant.

Everybody starts at the bottom when they change careers. Alerio Sisera understood the concept. He even recognized the difference between being a military man who lived by the gladius and a politician who used a pen to craft agreements.
But the theory went to Hades when a series of brutal robberies required Lictor Sisera to investigate the crimes. Bringing fresh eyes to the scenes, a different perspective to the questioning, and postulating a hypothesis ended when blades were drawn.

In Abject Authority, Alerio is forced to fight for his life while trying to enforce the laws of the Republic. It seems even as a politician, Alerio Sisera needs to keep his blades sharp because some skills are never truly retired.

Welcome to 251 B.C.

Other books by J. Clifton Slater:
Historical Adventure of the 2nd Punic War
'A Legion Archer' series
#1 Journey from Exile

Historical Adventure of the 1st Punic War
'Clay Warrior Stories' series
#1 Clay Legionary
#2 Spilled Blood
#3 Bloody Water
#4 Reluctant Siege
#5 Brutal Diplomacy
#6 Fortune Reigns
#7 Fatal Obligation
#8 Infinite Courage
#9 Deceptive Valor
#10 Neptune's Fury
#11 Unjust Sacrifice
#12 Muted Implications
#13 Death Caller
#14 Rome's Tribune
#15 Deranged Sovereignty
#16 Uncertain Honor
#17 Tribune's Oath
#18 Savage Birthright
#19 Abject Authority

Fantasy - 'Terror & Talons' series
#1 Hawks of the Sorcerer Queen
#2 Magic and the Rage of Intent