With Tyrant, the second installment of his Nero Trilogy, Conn Iggulden deepens and surpasses the story he began in Nero. Where the first volume established the political machinery of Agrippina's Rome, this one throws open the gates, letting ambition, fear, and brutality surge through with even greater force. It is a novel of expansion, thematically and emotionally, and one that never loses control of its pacing or purpose.