The year of the Four Emperors is drawing to a close. Rome has been through brutal civil war and mutiny.
Praetor Agricola is called to the palace and sees his first love—a woman he thought to be long dead—running through the fog and into the Suburra. Giving chase proves futile, and he sends his second-in-command to find her.
When Gul arrives in Rome with distressing news, Clíodhna has no choice but to agree to return to her home in Caer Leb. Before they leave, however, they are arrested by the Praetorian Guard for sedition and will face lions in the arena.
Mucianus, appointed Governor of Rome in Vespasian’s absence, appoints Agricola as Legate of the Legio XX Valeria Victrix, dispatching him to Britannia to take command.
On hearing of Clíodhna’s arrest, Agricola lies to the Governor to free her from the clutches of the Praetorian Guard, creating enemies and planting a Sisyphus-sized ball before him, which he must roll up a Palatine-sized hill to return her home.
Leaving Rome sees them chased by enemies who will do everything possible to ensure Agricola and Clíodhna pay with their lives.
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