Romanitas Author:Sophia McDougall A slave waits to be crucified; a desperate young girl with strange abilities stalks through the streets of London; a gang of fugitives hides out in the Pyrenees, while on giant screens in every city, the world watches the funeral of the Imperial family's most glamorous couple. — A single state holds absolute sway from the Eastern border of India ... more »across the Atlantic; magnetic railways span the globe and tunnels run beneath the Adriatic Sea and the Strait of Gades. Slaves are constructing a giant bridge across the Persian Gulf. But as tensions with a rival Empire in the East escalate, the first rumblings of a world conflict are beginning to be felt.
Meanwhile, only an overworked official doubts that the deaths of the Emperor's war-hero brother and his beautiful, charismatic wife were accidental. The 16-year old heir to the throne is about to learn a secret that threatens the security of the greatest power on earth -- and his own life.« less
Interesting and engaging alt/speculative history novel -- what would life be like if the Roman Empire had never fallen? Interesting plot and characters.