The Secundus Papyrus
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Getorius a Arkádská záhada Séria
Táto séria vás zavedie do búrlivého Talianska 5. storočia, kde sa stretnete s manželským párom s neobvyklými životmi. Sledujte ich osudy, keď sa ich životy prepletajú s intrigami a drámami doby. Ponorte sa do historického sveta plného napätia a osobných výziev.
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The Cybelene Conspiracy
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Surgeon Getorius Asterius, his wife Arcadia, the eunuch archpriest of a pagan fertility cult, the female head of a heretical Arian church, and an ambitious senator in league with a Chinese merchant: these are the prime movers in this mystery set in Ravenna, Italy, in A.D. 440. When Getorius is summoned to examine the castrated body of a youth found by Thecla in her Arian church, who is the sobbing “Vestal Virgin” nearby? Is there any connection between this crime and the fact that a senator is smuggling counterfeit Western coins to the Eastern Empire, and contraband Chinese products back to Ravenna? A coded message leads to a secret tunnel and the sinister temple of Cybele, whose devotees are self-mutilated eunuchs. In a stunning climax, the conspirators try to escape Ravenna, planning to sell their products in Egypt, but failing to recognize the deadly nature of what they are carrying…