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The Crucible of Man
The Crucible of Man
The Crucible of Man
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Just an innocent, young boy when Roman invaders killed his father, Carpathimos fights back when they return to his island paradise to take away his sister and mother. While fighting to save them, he is captured and taken back to Rome where he is forced to kill in the Circus Maximus. He fights to win his freedom and ironically finds love and friendship in a place he never expected. Deceit, murder, and suspicion surround him as the Roman Republic fights to establish itself as a Mediterranean power, catching Carpathimos in the middle. Finally, allowed to return home, he must fight to survive one last time, but what he loses sends him back to Rome with vengeance in his heart. The Crucible of Man vividly portrays one mans evolution from innocent fisherman to a warrior capable of changing the very future of Rome.

As one man fights to preserve his innocent life amid the islands of the Mediterranean, the growing powers from Rome and Carthage force him to evolve into the very thing he despises most: a warrior
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PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateDec 23, 2014
ISBN9781496957610
The Crucible of Man
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Mark J. Moe

Dr. Moe was born in rural Minnesota on a family farm and grew up dreaming about majestic places and more dramatic times. Being the practical sort, an inherent fault of a Midwestern upbringing, he attended various University of Minnesota branches en route to his final disposition as an internal medicine physician in small town, Minnesota, not far from where he was born. Now a husband and father of two, he spends his days guiding patients through the last chapters of their lives. He and his family reside in the country, where he spends his free time tending grapes and a small orchard, raising bees, writing, and enjoying the solitude of a rural life.

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