Watch Your Back

Herod Antipas ruled Galilee with an iron fist. John the Baptist called people to repent, and Zealots terrorized the citizens trying to bring change.A young Decanus finds himself and his soldiers in the fight of their lives trying to maintain peace in Hammath while keeping their jobs and avoiding the wrath of the Tetrarch.A young Decanus, named Tallis, leads a Conturbenium of soldiers. Their mission, protect the highway from Tiberias, south along the west side of Galilee’s largest lake to the end, and the village of Hammath. Rumors abound, people talk, and a group of young men, trying to drive the Tetrarch from power, target the tiny community, destroying businesses, disrupting lives, and killing soldiers. The dreams of Tallis following in his late father’s footsteps, and becoming a Centurion, fade when his superiors threaten him and his men with demotion, dismissal from the army, or death.