{"product_id":"9781917673211-beyond-the-black-gate","title":"Beyond the Black Gate","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA novel set in the dying days of the Roman Empire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Deeply felt and expertly researched, “Beyond the Black Gate” is animmersive, heart-racing story of love and survival in a fracturing, vividlyrealised, end of empire world.’   HowardCunnell, author of The Painter'sFriend\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInthe year 409 the Roman Empire is collapsing. A young woman called Nehtan hidesher enslaved status when she is rescued in Gaul by a resentful Patrician.Thrown together on a dangerous odyssey through a land devastated by invadingbarbarians, the two start to fall in love, despite the vast gulf between them.However, a brutalised member of the cavalry escort has recognised the fugitiveslave and will do anything to possess her in body and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Beyond the Black Gate’ is a compelling story of journeys fromtrauma towards spiritual healing, set during a time of disintegrating identityand authority, with echoes of contemporary social crisis and migrantsuffering.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Uniqueand intriguing . with a terrific richness of description. It’s quite shockingin places and Nehtan makes for a strong and memorable protagonist.’ Gabriel Gbademosi, author of ‘Vauxhall’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e‘Mark Hudson’s book conjures up with uncanny intensity thecollapsing world of the Roman Empire to fashion a story that is by turns deeplystrange, gripping and moving.’   RogerCrowley, author of ‘Empires ofthe Sea’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Thecharacters leap from the page. Mark Hudson pulls off the difficult trick ofmaking his dramatis personae both true to their historical context andappealing for the modern reader. I was enthralled by them, and the dramatic arcof the story, from start to finish.’  Simon Acland, author of ‘The Waste Land’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Iwas gripped… A fascinating and vivid depiction of the Empire crumbling underinternal and external stress, when Christianity offers the only rock for thepoor to cling to.’   Peter Popham, authorof ‘India Be Damned’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55921729896822,"sku":"9781917673211","price":11.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35410314.jpg?v=1753421679","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781917673211-beyond-the-black-gate","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}