On the fringes of civilization, the world´s first detective is about to make an unholy discovery... Comics legend Peter Milligan (X-Statix, Shade the Changing Man) and incendiary artists Juan Jose Ryp (NINJAK, Clone) and Robert Gill (BOOK OF DEATH) lead a phantasmagorical expedition in the lands between darkness, desire, and destruction right here in a deluxe oversized hardcover collecting the 10-time sold out magnum opus that Gizmodo calls a "unique take... that conquered our hearts."
Ruled by the Fates. Manipulated by the Gods. Commanded by Caesar. In the year 65 A.D., one´s destiny was not his own. At the height of Nero´s reign, a veteran of Rome´s imperial war machine has been dispatched to the farthest reaches of the colonies to investigate unnatural happenings... In the remote outpost of Britannia, Antonius Axia - the First Detective - will become Rome´s only hope to reassert control over the empire´s most barbaric frontier...and keep the monsters that bridge the line between myth and mystery at bay...
Collecting BRITANNIA #1-4, BRITANNIA: WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE #1-4, and BRITANNIA: LOST EAGLES OF ROME #1-4, along with over 20+ pages of rarely seen art and extras!