Cast Not the Day

Review 'Novels abound featuring the Roman empire in all its glittering glory...but few writers dare to enter the dark days of its road to ruin...classicist Paul Waters brilliantly evokes the pivotal period when an historic power crumbled and new forces jostled to take its place. A writer of startling and inventive analogy, Waters also has a concise style which enables him to move swiftly through his story without being becoming distracted by too much detail. Immaculately researched and packed with fascinating historical facts this is so much more than just another adventure story.' --Lancashire Evening Post Book Description By the middle of fourth century AD, Britain and the Roman Empire had been ruled for a generation by Christian emperors. Now, at last, with the force of the state behind it, the Church was strong enough to suppress all opposition to its power. But in Britain there was still resistance... Seen through the eyes of Drusus, a young British Roman, and set against the backdrop of imperial civil war and the growing threat from Rome’s enemies beyond its frontiers, the followers of faith and reason clash and the old values of classical enlightenment are called into question. And it is Drusus who is there to witness the cracks as they begin to split the great monumental edifice of the Roman Empire... About the Author Paul Waters is a well-travelled classicist, and though educated in Britain, he has lived much of his life abroad – in Africa, America, Greece among other places. He now writes full time. His acclaimed first novel, Of Merchants & Heroes, was published in 2008. Note Cast Not the Day is the first of two novels. The story continues in the sequel, The Philosopher Prince. Read more