She asks herself, not “What is best for me?” but Should ever bow the knee to Jesus as Lord. Even the godsĪre just minor additions to his life. His confidenceīrims over the top, so he doesn’t think he needs anyone’s help. Need to be laid out for the reader’s enjoyment and contemplation! Some of those grand narratives included Christianity, and those I love the world of ancient Rome and all the amazing sagas that

Wanted to tell a story from this pivotal era that shaped the modern Christianįaith so much. So she keeps their brave examples before her mind. The martyrs of the ancient church are her heroes,

Is more important to her than worldly attractions. The primary aspects of her life because she is a Christian. Though she is both wealthy and beautiful, these things are not Lady Junia Flavia is the teenage daughter of a The journey of understanding who Christ really is. Though he worships the pagan gods, he’s on He is brave, principled, and intelligent-fierce in fighting bad Tribe of the Alemanni, but he’s recruited into the Roman army as a specialįorces operative because his skills as a warrior and his imposing physique are Given at birth, and a Latin name that he goes by in the story. Please share a little about your characters, Brandulf Rex and Junia Flaviaīrandulf Rex has a Germanic name, which he was Travel back to one of the most pivotal eras in history–a time when devotion to the pagan gods was fading and the Roman Empire was being conquered by the sign of the cross. Will the barbarian warrior and the senator’s daughter live to see the Empire bow the knee to Christ? Or will their part in the story of Constantine’s rise meet an untimely and brutal end? But his villainous plans and devious henchmen are not easily overcome. Down in Rome, Junia Flavia, the lovely and pious daughter of a nominally Christian senator, finds herself embroiled in anti-Christian politics as she works on behalf of the church.Īs armies converge and forces beyond Rex’s and Flavia’s controls threaten to destroy everything they have worked for, these two people from different worlds will have to work together to bring down the evil Emperor Maxentius. On the Rhine frontier, Brandulf Rex, a pagan Germanic barbarian, joins the Roman army as a spy and special forces operative.

The Conqueror by Bryan M. Litfin