Twelve Suspects

By Michael A. Susko

The Roman emperor is fearful of a Delphic oracle which states that "From the bones of twelve, a phoenix shall rise that will rule Rome." An imperial investigator is sent to determine the paradoxical threat to Rome--to find the twelve and where they hid the missing bones of their founder. Their disappearances resolve into bones and a surprise murder mystery.  Read this work to place yourself in the first century where oracles, bones, and small groups can shake the foundations of empire.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing
• Release date: Aug 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201812829

Michael A. Susko

The author, an independent scholar, has degrees in Philosophy and Counseling Psychology. For many years, he taught a college course on Indigenous symbolism with an emphasis on imagery found on stone and in the landscape. Having experienced gifts from the Indigenous related to sites that Native Americans inhabited, and having studied their narratives, he offers this work.

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