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Ravenna, 50BC. Caesar’s forces stand upon the borders of Gaul and Italy. The prospect of a civil war grows ever likelier each day. But for the veteran soldier Lucius Oppius, this may be one conflict too far. With a new lover, he is tempted to end his long military career - and start a new life. But can any man truly be free of his past and who he is? In Rome, Cicero attempts to secure a peace. Against him, a powerful faction in the Senate is bent upon destroying Caesar, for personal and political reasons.

Sergeant Adriene Valero wants to die. She can't. After enduring a traumatic resurrection for the ninety-sixth time, Valero is reassigned to a special forces unit and outfitted with a cutting-edge virtual intelligence aid. They could turn the tide in the war against intelligent machines dedicated to the assimilation, or destruction, of humanity. When her VI suddenly achieves sentience, Valero is drawn into the machinations of an enigmatic major who’s hell-bent on ending the war—by any means necessary.

In Afghanistan war Carl Overbeck der beste Scharfschütze seiner Einheit, doch zurück in Deutschland kommt er mit seinem Leben nicht mehr zurecht. Da macht ihm ein alter Jugendfreund ein besonderes Angebot: Er soll in Italien einen Mafioso erschießen, der sich der Polizei als Kronzeuge angedient hat. Carl übernimmt den Job und wird damit zum Auftragskiller, der still und heimlich seine Aufträge versieht. Bis er sich in die falsche Frau verliebt. Spannend, aktuell und hochemotional - ein Ereignis. Der erste Roman von Kai Havaii, dem Sänger der Band Extrabreit.

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