Lucius Antonius was the great progenitor of Colonel Sir Edward Ware, the hero of the Edward Ware Thriller Series. Lucius Antonius has sailed to Alexandria, Egypt along with Julius Caesar’s triumphant legions in pursuit of Pompey the Great. Caesar may be able to clap Ptolemy, the boy king, in irons. But his sister, Cleopatra, is another story. Just returned from hiding out in the Arabian Desert, she has chiseled a black stone of unknown age from a sacred monument because the bauble appeals to her. Assassins are on the loose to get revenge for the desecration. What will Cleopatra do to protect herself? The Serpent of the Nile is full of wiles, deadly ones for Caesar. Lucius Antonius is sworn to protect him. Sounds just like the sort of thing Edward would be involved in about two thousand years later.
