The Roman Empire never fell. It simply fractured, and its children are ready to wage war for their inheritance. In the shadow-strewn realm known as the Echo of the Empire, five beings, living manifestations of the nations of Italy, France, Britain, Spain, and Portugal, are summoned to a metaphysical battleground. They are the Sons of Rome, personified spirits whose bodies are maps of their lands and whose power is drawn from the zenith of their own historical empires. Their goal: to battle for the Aegis of Romulus, the right to be named the one true heir to Rome and reshape the world in their image. Italia, the Prodigal Son, fights with a broken sword and weary heart to reclaim the glory that was stolen from his homeland. Gallia, the Revolutionary Heir, believes he improved upon Rome's blueprint with reason and law, and seeks to claim his rightful throne. Britannia, the Pragmatic Admiral, sees the conflict as a calculation of strategy and naval dominance. Hispania, the Zealous Conquistador, wages a holy crusade, convinced that Rome's true mission was a spiritual one. Lusitania, the Silent Navigator, moves through the shadows, his claim based not on conquest, but on discovery. Blending the visceral action of a modern blockbuster with the mythic grandeur of an epic poem, Sons of Rome is a unique literary experience. This is a story where history's grandest ideologies, faith, revolution, commerce, blood, and discovery, clash as warring siblings. For readers of Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles and the epic scale of Dan Simmons' Ilium.