Damocles
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"Your job is not done. The god of war and the god of vengeance does not rest. We know no such thing of mercy."
Marius, a Roman warrior, lives a life of pure jealousy, envy, and anger after his father set an expectation Marius must follow through: becoming a general of the Roman army.
However, there's a certain someone that is in his way of obtaining the title he must get: Caelius, the legatus legionis (the highest role in the Roman military).
Living in the year 53 BCE is already rough, but add in competition then there is nothing more powerful than the gift of unadulterated anger.
The god of war and the god of death are watching him, but which will visit him first?
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