AD 37.?The?Roman Republic?has become a?true empire stretching from?Egypt?to the seacoast of?Gaul.?Sixty million?people live under its rule. A?scribe?in a?noble household?on the outskirts of the?empire?s greatest city a?young man?who has?no memory?of his past or his family. Where?freedom?exists for the?privileged?few he has only ever known a life of?slavery. His name is?Cormac. When Cormac?s master?dies?suddenly under?suspiciouscircumstances he finds himself furnished with documents?freeing?him from bondage. Surviving somewhere?between slave and citizen he quickly discovers the dangers that come with freedom. The city is a pitiless place for those without allies. But the winds of?fate?are?shifting. Cormac?s?talents?- his treasured ability to?read?and?write?- will soon take him from city slums to the mines of Gaul to the island of Britannia and back to the hills of Rome. Slave scribe soldier - Cormac will have to play Rome?s most dangerous game if he?s to secure wealth and power. For in this city with skill ambition and luck perhaps such things can be won . . .
