{"product_id":"the-kings-gambit","title":"The king's gambit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The king's gambit (Paperback, 288 pages – Minotaur Books, 2001) – Minotaur Books, 2001. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlackmail, corruption, treachery, murder--the glory that was Rome.In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes readers back to a Rome filled with violence and evil. Vicious gangs ruled the streets of Crassus and Pompey, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike, so the garroting of a lowly ex-slaved and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant in the dangerous Subura district seemed of little consequence to the Roman hierarchy. But Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger--highborn commander of the local vigiles--was determined to investigate. Despite official apathy, brazen bribes, and sinister threates, Decius uncovers a world of corruption at the highest levels of his government that threatens to destroy him and the government he serves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Maddox Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52370153046298,"sku":"9780312277055","price":88.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/2699\/9322\/files\/81NZ0hpvLIL._SY522.jpg?v=1781778745","url":"https:\/\/medicampus.store\/products\/the-kings-gambit","provider":"medicampus.store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}