Glimpses of Eternity

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The woman smiled at the subject and said gently, 'You're still in the life as Graecus and you're in Rome and you've had the letter from Flavius, the letter about the lost Standard. What happened next?' The past life regression taking place in a darkened room continues taking Graecus and a handful of his men back to Britannia in a desperate attempt to salvage not only the Centurions's reputation but also that of their beloved General. All is not as it seems, though, and treacherous hidden forces conspire to thwart their escape from the lands of the Ordovices, the Welsh tribe whose name means 'People of the Club.' While Graecus and his closest brothers-in-arms come into close contact with the Ordovices' huge, metal edged weapons, a story of betrayal and intrigue issuing from the very heart of Nero's corrupt empire unfolds. As he dodges the tribesmen's swinging clubs, uppermost in Graecus's mind are the words of Caecus, the blind ex-soldier known as 'Oracle' in the Legion, who foretold the destruction of Rome by fire and the restoration of good government to the Empire. But will his predictions come to pass and will it be Germanicus who is the Emperor that Rome needs? What readers said about J. A. Gordon's A Capital Time: 'The author has excelled herself, bringing history to life with her attention to detail and skill at describing the minutiae of everyday existence while vividly portraying the emotions and humanity of her characters'. 'The background of the history and politics is cleverly interwoven with a fascinating third dimension of whether people have lived before and how they recognise one another and interact in the current life to affect events. This is a great novel that races along and is skilfully written to encompass all the complexities