ROME'S INTERSTELLAR CONFEDERACY IS THREATENED FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT. WILL IT ENDURE OR WILL ROME FALL?Lieutenant Richard Hilbornus is no raw recruit but is he ready to save Rome from a second fall? At the very edge of the known galaxy, far from the roads and ramparts of Rome, he will be tested.Enemies of Rome swirl and conspire to seize its worlds and enslave its citizens. Are the Canua and the Imperial Alliance of Empires working together to steal a crown jewel world?Factions inside its own borders pull and push to gain wealth, territory and riches. Royalist Kingdoms stand ready to move aggressively hoping Rome will be too weak to act. Defense Force is marshaling forces and standing between opposing armies ready for battle. The Roman Senate is divided and seems ready to vote to open the gates of Janus.Standing between them all is a single warship led by a single man. Can he avert a full scale interstellar war even as everyone conspires to start one?