295 BC. Rome is not yet an empire. It is a city besieged by History.

Four peoples have forged an iron pact to erase it forever: Samnites, Gauls, Etruscans, and Umbrians. An alliance never seen before, a vast army advancing to crush the Urbs. If Rome falls, everything it represents falls with it.

The Senate calls Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus back into command, an aging warrior who has already given everything to the Republic. Rullianus accepts only one condition: fighting at his side will be Publius Decius Mus. Son of the man who saved Rome by sacrificing his life to the gods, Publius Decius Mus knows his name carries the weight of a destiny that cannot be avoided.

The legions march toward Sentinum, where the fate of Italy will be decided. There are no reinforcements. There is no second chance. On one side, Rome’s salvation. On the other, four peoples determined to annihilate it to the last man, ready for anything to erase it from History.

Lineage of Heroes is an epic novel about the moment the Republic chose to survive at any cost. It is the story of a generation that did not fight for glory, but to leave a future to their bloodline. Because in that final hour, they understood that honor was not surviving, but remaining true to who they were, until the last breath.

Italian Edition
Newton Compton – September  2018 – 384 pages
ISBN: 978-88-227-3453-2