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Welcome to the End of Empire.
Set over two hundred years from now, in a world very much like Imperial Rome, this is the story of General Peter Black, the last decent man, as told through the eyes of his devoted (and illegitimate) daughter, Justa.
The Martian General’s Daughter is a gripping tale of a world at war; of cunning strategies and vile politics; of bravery, foolishness, and excess. It is at once a stirring military adventure, a cautionary tale of repeating history, a cutting satire, and a heartbreaking examination of the joys and pain inherent in the love between a father and child.
"Despite its pulpish title, this erudite and intriguing novel is more in the tradition of Robert Graves than Edgar Rice Burroughs....The story might be familiar to today's readers from the film Gladiator, but the parallels it draws between Roman and American cultures are both perceptive and disquieting."
—Publishers Weekly
"A more cerebral sci-fi that follows the corruption that comes with absolute power and one man's attempt to live through it on his own terms."
—MonstersandCritics.com
"A witty, learned, amusing and sometimes moving retelling of ancient truths which I read at one gulp." —S.M. Stirling, author of The Sunrise Lands and In the Halls of the Crimson Kings
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