It is the middle of fourth century AD, and the Roman empire has been
ruled for a generation by Christian emperors. Three brothers – the
sons of the emperor Constantine the Great – are joint rulers and
ruthless rivals. Beyond its borders, the vast empire is threatened
by foreign enemies. And now, at last, the Church, with the force of
the state behind it, is moving to crush all opposition to its power.
But in Britain there is resistance.
Against this backdrop of civil war and disarray, Drusus, a young
British nobleman of Roman birth, learns of the betrayal of his
father by enemies at court. He faces the loss of all he has known.
As his life is torn apart, he must decide who to trust, who to care
for and who to fight; and he must make choices which will forge the
man he will become.
Cast Not the Day is a tale of love and loss, freedom and
tyranny, and of man’s struggle to know himself, set against a world
of chaos where faith and reason clash. |
