Two star-crossed lovers. One city on the brink of destruction.
Tages is a medical slave, doomed to spend the rest of his life healing
his master's injured gladiators. But his warrior's heart yearns
to fight in the gladiator ring himself and earn enough money
to win his freedom.
Lucia is the daughter of Tag's owner, doomed by her father's greed
to marry a much older Roman man. But she loves studying the natural
world around her home in Pompeii, and lately she's been noticing
some odd behavior in the landscape: small lakes disappearing;
a sulfurous smell in the air. . . .
When the two childhood friends reconnect, each with their own longings,
they fall passionately in love. But soon after an argument
divides them, she's sent to Rome for her wedding, while he's thrust
into his first gladiatorial contest. Then an earthquake shakes
Pompeii, in the first sign of the chaos to come. Will they be able
to find each other again before the volcano destroys their whole
world?
- ISBN13 9781407146775
- Publish Date 6 February 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Scholastic
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 254
- Language English