About the book: 2019 / Continuation of the confrontation between FSB lieutenant Spartak Gladkov and oligarch Mark Krasovsky, who ended up in Ancient Rome. Thanks to the intervention of Lieutenant Gladkov, the slave uprising was not defeated, but the threat is still high: disappointing news reaches the rebel camp - the armies of Crassus and Lucullus are ready to unite and finish off the legion of gladiators. Spartak decides to take a desperate step and sends reconnaissance and sabotage groups to meet the enemies, tasking them with creating a “scorched earth” strip. Thousands of the best fighters will drown the lands of the Roman Republic in blood, burn latifundia and small towns, destroy all food supplies, dooming not only the troops, but also civilians to starvation, but Lieutenant Gladkov simply has no other choice - he needs a break to replenish his legion and continue the liberation war.