The Scarlet Fig

The Scarlet Fig

The Scarlet Fig (2005, The Rose Press) is the third and final novel of the Vergil Magus sequence by Avram Davidson. Following The Phoenix And The Mirror and Vergil In Averno, The Scarlet Fig follows Vergil's adventures in an alternate ancient Mediterranean world where harpies, basilisks and satyrs co-exist with Rome, Carthage and the Punic Wars.


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