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A new civil war has begun: with the emperor Pertinax's murder Marcus and his protector Scaurus have escaped Rome, seeking sanctuary for their familia in the East. But they are soon pressed back into service by Septimius Severus, the ruthless commander who has seized the imperial capital and who holds the military balance of power over his two rivals. Niger, the would-be emperor in the East is on the march with six legions, and Scaurus's legion is ordered to Thrace as a sacrificial advance guard, tasked with delaying them. Whatever the cost.

München, 1957. Bernie Gunther ist bei einer Versicherungsgesellschaft gelandet. Er wird nach Athen geschickt, um die Forderungen eines Versicherten namens Witzel zu prüfen, dessen Schiff vor der Küste gesunken ist. Bernie findet heraus, dass das Schiff einst einem griechischen Juden gehörte, der nach Auschwitz deportiert wurde. Die Sache ist für ihn klar: ein Racheakt.

Higbee, Colorado, population 147, is about to become a boomtown. The visionary General Wade Garrison is building a railroad to connect Higbee to the renowned Santa Fe Rail. But a rancher named Ike Clinton has his own selfish reasons for making sure these bands of steel go nowhere - and he’ll go to any lengths to derail Garrison’s plans. Falcon MacCallister owes a war-time debt to the General and answers the call to aid the man in his fight with the Clinton brood.