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The only survivor of a brutal battle, driven by a desperate need to see his family again.... Rome, 107 BC. Quintus Sertorius fought while the enemy slaughtered 90,000 of his brethren in the city’s bloodiest defeat. Battling night terrors and survivor’s guilt, he vows to preserve his beloved Rome and embarks on a covert mission deep into enemy territory. Sertorius grows his beard and disguises himself in the garb of a Gaul, all the while his stomach churns with fear of discovery. But in order to gain vital information about the invaders, he must sink deeper into their ranks.

It is the winter of 1942, and the world is at war. A few Jewish musicians attempt to flee the Nazi death grip, each desperately trying to navigate his own path to safety. With the courageous aid and kindness of strangers, they soon find themselves in Rome, where under the highly secret help of the Vatican, they are hidden in Bellafortuna, a small village in Sicily.

Amaury de Villiers est un homme intransigeant. Trop. Le jeune et ambitieux inquisiteur, éloigné par ses supérieurs, est envoyé dans un petit village des monts des Corbières, dans le Languedoc, afin de traquer l'un des derniers hérétiques appelés Cathares. Son arrivée à Coulhens ne manquera pas de provoquer des tensions au sein de la petite communauté et Amaury pourrait trouver bien plus que ce qu'il était venu chercher.