McCullough, Colleen

Story of the last years of the great general Sulla and Pompey, the young scion of a powerful rural family amid the events of the Roman Republic.

Follows the lives of three generations of the Cleary family, who leave their New Zealand home to live on a huge Australian sheep station.

In 2032, in a world of encroaching cold, dwindling resources, and a hopless populace, charismatic psychologist Joshua Christian, unwittingly aided by the brilliant Dr. Judith Carriol, becomes the new messiah.

Julius Caesar--the mercurial, brilliant master of Rome, love of Cleopatra, is revered by all except for a circle of colleagues who are intent on bringing him down: Anthony, Cato, Brutus...