Pompeii by Robert Harris

Pompeii is written by Robert Harris. Here is the blurb, All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii.
But the carefree lifestyle and gorgeous weather belie an impending cataclysm, and only one man is worried. The young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay of Naples. His predecessor has disappeared. Springs are failing for the first time in generations. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta’s sixty-mile main line—somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.Attilius—decent, practical, and incorruptible—promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy, that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. His plan is to travel to Pompeii and put together an expedition, then head out to the place where he believes the fault lies. But Pompeii proves to be a corrupt and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work—both natural and man-made—threatening to destroy him.With his trademark elegance and intelligence, Robert Harris, bestselling author of Archangel and Fatherland, re-creates a world on the brink of disaster. 
This is a very interesting book showing the different classes of society in the Roman empire, ranging from the slaves to the richest relaxing their luxurious villa and more. This book is a retelling of the volcanic eruption of Mt Vesuvius in the perspective of an ancient aqueduct engineer. This book is a carefully researched modern thriller in set back a long time ago in August A.D 79 Pompeii. The author tells the story of corruption, politics, love, Roman superstition, slavery, and and engineering. The author carefully reconstructs the lives of people in Pompeii. Overall this book is very interesting throughout the entire book, the suspense builds and builds until at the peak of when the disaster really happens, Vesuvius explodes. I recommend that people should read this book.

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