Octavian: Rise to Power, an historical novel by Patrick Parrelli about ancient Rome

'Octavian: Rise to Power' provides readers with an entertaining way to learn about the most pivotal time in the history of Ancient Rome. First time readers, especially high-school and college students, will gain an in-depth education that is unavailable in traditional text books. History buffs will take note of the meticulous research that cross-references the ancient writings of Appian, Suetonius, Plutarch, and Dio.
An adventurous undertaking, this work chronicles the rise to power of Julius Caesar’s eighteen-year-old great-nephew, Octavian. After Caesar is assassinated in 44 BC and Octavian learns that Caesar adopted him as his son in his will, he sets out on a path of vengeance that doesn’t end until he takes his place.
With engaging subplots that chronicle key figures like Antony, Cleopatra, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, and Herod the Great, this epic also details with in-depth insight the military battles of Perusia, Philippi, Naulochus, and Actium and serves as possibly the most readable narrative to unravel the complex story of how Octavian came to be Rome’s first emperor in 27 BC and took the name Caesar Augustus.