They say I murdered my twin brother. To save the empire, I may have to prove them right.
The aether flowers are dying, and the empire’s light is thinning.
Romulus and I were raised to compete for the right to rule. Father favoured him, while I had to fight my failing lungs to earn his approval.
Then one night, Romulus vanished.
When Father ordered my arrest, I fled, hunted for a murder I did not commit.
But Romulus lives.
He has joined a burn-scarred cult whose murders are spreading black poppies across the land, destroying the flowers that guard our empire.
When the cult joins an invasion of our frontier, I enlist in the legions to find my brother—and learn why he left me.
I mean to bring him home. But I fear there will be nothing left of him to save.
Hail and farewell, Romulus.
Romulus Must Die is a propulsive epic fantasy about ambition, betrayal and the price of empire.
Set in a dying empire sustained by magical flowers, it blends political intrigue and military conflict with the story of a twin's journey to find the brother he is accused of murdering.
The story is framed by Marcellus’s account of his life to the angel of death, his last chance to prove his innocence and return to the mortal world.
