Senatus Confusedus by Jon Smith

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SENATUS CONFUSEDUS
(IMPERIUM, INTERRUPTED: BOOK IV)

One broken Republic. One impossible choice. One bargain no honest politician should ever accept.

Lucilla Minor has never wanted power. She prefers laws to speeches, ledgers to glory, and believes Rome's problems can usually be solved by competent administration.

Then someone offers her the chance to prove it.

Suddenly, every impossible decision becomes hers to make. Every crisis has a solution. Every compromise can simply… disappear.

The Republic has never worked so well.
The question is how much of it will be left when she's finished saving it.

Political intrigue. Bureaucratic absurdity. And a temptation that has brought down greater Romans than her.

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Jon Smith - Author, Screenwriter, Ghostwriter

JON SMITH

Jon Smith is the author of The Fifth Horseman, the Fang & Loathing vampire trilogy, and the Roman comedy series Imperium, Interrupted, along with many more books for children, teens, and adults. His books have been published in seven languages. In addition to writing books, Jon is an award-winning screenwriter and musical theatre lyricist and librettist with productions at the Birmingham Hippodrome, Belfast Waterfront and London’s Park, Waterloo East & Courtyard theatres. His most recent production, Dreamweaver - The Musical premiered at The Old Court House, Kuching, Malaysia and was performed at PJPAC, Kuala Lumpur.

Jon writes crime fiction under the pen name Adi Flynn, and action-packed science-fiction under the pen name Mark Voss.

Jon enjoyed a happy childhood—making daisy chains, holidays in the sun and an obsessive interest in all things fantasy. No brace, few spots, only one broken bone and one broken heart (not his). It all went swimmingly. Father of four, he lives near Liverpool. When he grows up he’d like to be a librarian.

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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

The Fang & Loathing Trilogy
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Destiny Can Bite Me - Book One of the Fang & Loathing Trilogy by Jon Smith
The Stakeout Diaries | Book Two of the Fear & Loathing Trilogy by Jon Smith
Rewrite the Dead | Book Three of the Fang & Loathing Trilogy by Jon Smith
All Hail, Pompey - a prequel novella to the Imperium, Interrupted series by Jon Smith

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ALL HAIL, POMPEY
IMPERIUM, INTERRUPTED

One parade. Two bureaucrats. And a triumph nobody asked for.

The year is 61 BCE, and Pompey the Great is about to celebrate his third Triumph—an overblown spectacle of gold, glory, and gratuitous horn-blowing.

Aulus Malleolus, junior clerk of parade logistics, was expecting a quiet week. Instead, he’s drowning in scrollwork, juggling bribery, sabotage, and a very aggressive elephant union.

Tasked with ensuring Rome’s biggest celebration runs smoothly (or at least doesn’t explode), Aulus is joined by his unrequested assistant Gaius—a poet, optimist, and administrative menace.

But when the sacred laurels go missing and a prophetic ode suggests the Republic will fall to “one man with excellent cheekbones,” the duo must unravel a growing conspiracy, survive the parade, and file everything in triplicate.

Because in Rome, glory is fleeting—but bureaucracy is eternal. 

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