Saylor, Steven

In 56 B.C. Rome Gordianus the Finder is hired to discover who murdered Dio but a convoluted trial keeps him from learning the truth.

A fictionalized account of the conspiracies set around the murder of Julius Caesar at the dawn of his dictatorship, in which Calpurnia, Caesar's wife, hires Gordianus to save her husband, but he only agrees after his close friend was murdered for attempting to do the same task.

"Gordianus the Finder is summoned to meet with Cicero and then with Julius Caesar himself. Both have the same request of Gordianus--find out if there are any conspiracies against Caesar's life. Caesar, however, has one other important matter to discuss--to appoint Gordianus a Senator when he attends the next session on the 15th of March. With only four days left, Gordianus must dust off his old skills and see what conspiracy against Julius Caesar, if any, he can uncover"--OCLC.

Gordianus, a young man in 92 B.C., embarks upon a voyage to see the Seven Wonders of the World with his tutor Antipater of Sidon, and along the way they encounter murder, witchcraft, and ghostly hauntings.

Gordianus the Finder is caught between the opposing forces of Caesar and Pompey with his son serving as a trusted aide to Caesar, and his son-in-law held hostage by Pompey, who demands that Gordianus find the murderer of Numerius, Pompey's cousin and proteg?.

As the forces of Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great fight a bloody battle for supremacy, the city of Rome becomes a hotbed of intrigues, espionage, profiteering, and betrayals.

A collection of nine mystery tales set in the Rome of the late Republic and featuring Gordianus the Finder.

Gordianus the Finder, drawn back from the country to Rome to keep an eye on his patron Cicero's rival Catilina, is swept into a dangerous mystery when he discovers a headless corpse in his stables.

Presents an epic novel of ancient Rome that spans 1,000 years including the mythological founding of the city by Romulus and Remus, the Punic Wars, and assassination of Julius Caesar, through the eyes of two separate families.

Gordianus travels to the besieged seaport of Massilia to find out what has happened to his son, Meto.