A red-haired queen named Boudica led her people in a desperate rebellion against the might of Rome, an epic struggle destined to consume heroes and cowards, young and old, Roman and Briton.and these are their stories.Ī calculating queen foresees the fires of rebellion in a king's death.Ī neglected slave girl seizes her own courage as Boudica calls for war.Īn idealistic tribune finds manhood in a brutal baptism of blood and slaughter.Ī death-haunted Druid challenges the gods themselves to ensure victory for his people.Ī conflicted young warrior finds himself torn between loyalties to tribe and to Rome.Īn old champion struggles for everlasting glory in the final battle against the legions.Ī pair of fiery princesses fight to salvage the pieces of their mother’s dream as the ravens circle.Ī novel in seven parts, overlapping stories of warriors and peacemakers, queens and slaves, Romans and Britons who cross paths during Boudica’s epic rebellion. Knight, Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, Sophie Perinot, and Vicky Alvear Shecter.īritannia: land of mist and magic clinging to the western edge of the Roman Empire. But who will escape, and who will be buried for eternity? Six authors bring to life overlapping stories of patricians and slaves, warriors and politicians, villains and heroes who cross each others' path during Pompeii's fiery end. A priestess and a whore seek redemption and resurrection as the town is buried. A young mother faces an impossible choice for her unborn child as the ash falls. A crippled senator welcomes death, until a tomboy on horseback comes to his rescue. An ex-legionary stakes his entire future on a gladiator bout destined never to be finished. An heiress dreads her wedding day, not knowing it will be swallowed by fire. Some of its citizens died in the chaos, some escaped the mountain's wrath.and these are their stories: A boy loses his innocence in Pompeii's flourishing streets. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town would be destroyed. Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire.

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