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The Legacy by Carol Ashby
Volume 3 of the Light in the Empire Series
When Rome has taken everything, what’s left for a man to give?
Betrayed by a ruthless son who’ll do anything for power and wealth, Publius Drusus faces death with an unanswered prayer―that his treasured daughter, Claudia, and honorable son, Titus, will someday share his faith. But who will lead them to the truth once he’s gone?
Claudia’s oldest brother Lucius arranged their father’s execution to inherit everything, and now he’s forcing her to marry a cruel Roman power broker. If only she could get to Titus―a thousand miles away in Thracia. Then the man who secretly told her father about Jesus arranges for his son Philip to sneak her out of Rome and take her to the brother she can trust.
A childhood accident scarred Philip’s face. A woman’s rejection scarred his heart. Claudia’s gratitude grows into love, but what can Philip do when the first woman who returns his love hates the God he loves even more?
Titus and Claudia hunger for revenge on their brother and the Christians they blame for their father’s deadly conversion. When Titus buys Miriam, a secret Christian, to serve his sister, he starts them all down a path of conflicting loyalties and dangerous decisions. His father’s final letter commands the forgiveness Titus refuses to give. What will it take to free him from the hatred poisoning his own heart?
Historical Background for The Legacy
Recipe for Miriam’s rosemary bread that Titus loved
The Legacy is the third volume in the Light in the Empire series, which follows the interconnected lives of the members of several Roman families during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. The twelve novels of the series will take you around the Empire, from Germania and Britannia to Thracia, Dacia, and Judaea and, of course, to Rome itself.
Volume 1: Forgiven
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Volume 2: Blind Ambition
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Volume 3: The Legacy
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Volume 4: Faithful
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Volume 5: Second Chances
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Volume 6: True Freedom
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Volume 7: Hope Unchained
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Volume 8: Honor Bound
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Volume 9: Hope’s Reward
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Volume 10: More Than Honor
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Important aspects of Roman history for each can be found in the short articles at the end of each novel linked here and in longer articles in this website.