Books by Stephen Desberg

Betrayed by the beautiful Ansea Latal, the Scorpion has been captured by the Turks. But he cannot afford to tarry: Rochnan and his monks are close on his tail, Ansea is on her way to Cappadocia to find the true cross of Saint Peter, and, back in Rome, Trebaldi is preparing his reign of terror.

The Scorpion must now find Peter's Cross-and with it, the treasure of the knights templar.

Rome is dying, the symbol of civilization falling, the empire burning. Hidden from massacres and looting, a strange meeting is held by nine families who share the Roman Empire. To retain their power, they decide to support a new religion - Christianity - as well as its representative, the pope. But who are these 9 mysterious families?

The Scorpion, whose mother Trebaldi burnt at the stake for loving a man of the cloth, discovers that his father was the murdered Pope. When Trebaldi addresses a crowd at the end of the mourning period, the Scorpion is there to tell the truth about how the Pope died. Trebaldi claims that the sacred cross of St Peter appeared in his castle.