Tom Haward

The Path of Redemption

Power in Rome is shifting. Alliances are fracturing. The future of the Empire hangs in the balance.

With Grand Protector Faust missing and Caesar dead, Senator Frigus is trying to hold the fraying threads of the Empire together by keeping this information secret. The Empire is already fragile, and if the truth spills onto the streets of Rome and beyond, the Empire could crumble.

Faust is prisoner of the giant Bjorn Askå and his cellmate is the rebel leader, Boatman King. Abducted by Askå, they’re now part of his grand plan to rule the entire world, with the Empire his next target. Can Faust and Boatman forge an alliance or are their own ambitions stronger than any desire for a truce?

A continent away, Bella, Maverick and the other rebels have escaped to the RIA where they lick their wounds from the disaster of Faust and Askå’s attack on their underground headquarters. They believe they have covered their tracks and hope the 35, leaders of the RIA, will equip them to take the fight to Rome again, this time with the advantage of surprise.

Olivia King, though, she is tired of the fight. Traumatised from being tortured at the hands of Maximus Nero and conflicted about her husband’s relentless desire to crush Rome, she is unsure whether she has the energy to keep fighting those who have caused her so much pain.

With the world and its people in turmoil, one thing is for certain: chaos remains in a world needing redemption.

The Path of Redemption is an adult story with topics that may be triggering for some readers.

Extreme Violence

Mental health

Death

Death of child

Suicide

Maiming

Immolation

Sexual assault

Murder

Murder of a child

Massacre

Emotional exploitation

Torture

War

Kidnapping

Gore

Release date August 5, 2025 by Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC

Cover by Ira Geneve

ISBN: 978-1-962308-36-6 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-962308-37-3 (Hardcover)