Midwest Book Review : Small Press Bookwatch
(Fiction Shelf - November/2015)
Reynold J. Levocz
Manuscriptus-De-Aestimare
9780989446303, $14.90, 428pp, www.amazon.com
Synopsis: An enthralling tale set against the pageantry and decadence of first-century Rome. 'The Spear of Longinus' by Reynold J. Lecovz chronicles youthful tragedy, the quest for revenge, hard-fought military campaigns, and burgeoning love, as well as the mysterious prophecies that haunt Tiberius Longinus who is noted in Christian legendry as the Roman centurion who speared Jesus of Nazareth on his cross of sorrows. Unfolding throughout the far-flung reaches of the Roman Empire, this sweeping epic ranges from the imperial reign of Augustus to that of Vespasian and is a riveting saga of the adventures of Longinus and his pursuit of the love of Helena Rufinus who was his beguiling childhood sweetheart and the heroine of Rome.
Critique: A deftly crafted, impressively written, and absolutely riveting novel from beginning to end, "The Spear of Longinus" is very highly recommended for personal reading lists as well as community and academic library Historical Fiction collections.
