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Tarpeia by Debra May Macleod

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Also by Debra May Macleod:

Amata, April 2022
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Tarpeia, April 2022
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Rhea Silvia, April 2022
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Empire of Iron, April 2022
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Brides of Rome, November 2021
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To Be Wolves, November 2021
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Brides of Rome, November 2020
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TARPEIA
By: Debra May Macleod

The First Vestals of Rome #2
Author Self-Published
April 2022
On Sale: April 11, 2022
ISBN: 1990640028
EAN: 9781990640025
Kindle: B09XTRVDL2
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Historical

A bold retelling of the legend of Tarpeia, a priestess destined to be swept up in the danger of Rome’s earliest days, and whose name would give rise to Rome’s most dreaded site—the Tarpeian Rock.

It is 753 BCE and the new city of Rome exists on the edge of a knife. The young King Romulus reels from the loss of his mother’s counsel, turning to his father—Mars, the god of war—and his city’s new chief Vestal, Tarpeia, to fill the void. The city is constantly at war. As bad, it is a city of men, set to die out within a generation.

Thus, the knife slips, setting into motion an infamous crime that will entangle Tarpeia and resound throughout Latium and beyond, pitting Rome against its enemies and allies alike, and showing the settlement by the Tiber, and its young king, what it will ultimately take to rule the world.

TARPEIA is the second novel in The First Vestals of Rome, an epic trilogy about the founding Vestal Virgins of ancient Rome.

First Vestals of Rome

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TARPEIA
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