Scorpion Rising

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.


The latest adventure for the Roman sleuth and glamorous heroine of I, Claudia

Blackmailed into investigating the murder of a child in south-west Gaul, Claudia is plunged into a bizarre world of nature priestesses, known as the Hundred Handed. Communicating silently through finger language, this is a fierce matriarchal society that has no use for men except as slaves.

As Claudia probes deeper, she exposes discord within the society itself and, as the conflict spreads, she does not believe the widely-held belief an outsider was responsible for the girl's death.

But while she works to uncover the truth, a more sinister force moves in the background. A mast of disguise, the Scorpion is as cunning as he is ruthless. He is the spearhead of an uprising that will unite the tribes against Rome and also the mastermind behind the criminal gang that raises the funds for this revolt. No one betrays this man and lives...