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THE POWER AND PARANOIA OF ANCIENT ROME--MORE TIMELY NOW THAN EVER. SEE WHY MILLIONS READ NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR THOMAS GREANIAS.The assassination of Caesar's chief astrologer explodes into revelations of a secret Christian order known as "Rule of God." The order has penetrated the highest echelons of the empire. Its mission: to fulfill a decades-old prophecy predicting the exact day and hour that Caesar will die. Desperate to prove the oracles wrong, an increasingly erratic Caesar kills all suspected enemies. No one from slave to senator can escape his reign of terror. Enter the innocent playwright Athanasius. Wrongly accused by jealous rivals of being Chiron, the elusive mastermind behind Rule of God, he is condemned to certain death in the reality show of the arena. It is only with the help of mysterious benefactors that he miraculously escapes, alone with a secret that could destroy the empire. Hunted by assassins across the Mediterranean, his last hope of refuge is inside the ranks of the very terrorist order he is accused of masterminding. But the only way up--or out--is to kill or be killed.A meticulously researched and masterfully crafted conspiracy thriller inspired by real people and events, The Chiron Confession is the unforgettable story of one man against the world.