Maldita Roma (Série Júlio César 2). A conquista do poder de Júlio César

In Maldita Roma (Serie Julio César 2). La conquista del poder de Julio César, Santiago Posteguillo follows Julius Caesar at the moment when ambition, talent and danger finally collide. Exiled from Rome by his enemies, young Caesar sails across the Mare Internum towards the island of Rhodes, accompanied only by his loyal Labienus. There he seeks the famous master Apollonius to polish the one weapon that can change his destiny: the art of oratory. 

From this journey of forced learning begins an unstoppable ascent. Back in the Roman Republic, Caesar must fight for a seat in the Senate and confront the sharp tongue of Cicero in the political arena. While Rome is for sale to the highest bidder and every alliance has a price, Caesar learns that power always demands something in return. 

Posteguillo places the reader in the heart of a world in crisis: pirate attacks on the Mediterranean routes, the brutal revolt of Spartacus and the slave armies, and great battles where you can almost smell blood and iron on the battlefield. Between intrigues, betrayals and fragile loyalties, we also witness the birth of Cleopatra on the banks of the Nile, a distant event that foreshadows future storms for Rome. 

Maldita Roma is the second novel in the acclaimed Julius Caesar series and portrays the future dictator at the height of his political and military ingenuity, but still paying in person for each step he takes. It is a sweeping historical novel about the true cost of power, the limits of ambition and the city that never negotiates with anyone – not even with Caesar himself.