On Rome’s frozen frontier, a covert mission to capture a deserter becomes the spark that ignites a deadly game of loyalty, power and forbidden desire.
Bassam, an elite Roman operative, crosses into Roxolani lands to retrieve a traitor who knows the location of stolen Dacian gold. Ambushed by Ana, a feared huntress who kills Roman soldiers without mercy, Bassam expects death. Instead, she spares him, setting in motion a bond that defies everything they stand for.
As Rome hunts for the missing gold, Bassam is drawn deeper into a smuggling conspiracy that reaches from the Dacian mines to the heart of the Empire. Far away, Commodus continues his descent into madness, while his wrestling master, Narcissus, plots in secret to save Rome from a tyrant.
In a world where loyalty is bought and betrayal is survival, Bassam and Ana must choose between the blood oath of their enemies and the love that could destroy them both.
Two worlds. Two enemies. One oath that could change the fate of an Empire.
