Elegant, secretive Sabina may be
Empress of Rome, but she still stands poised on a knife’s
edge. She must keep the peace between two deadly enemies:
her husband Hadrian, Rome’s brilliant and sinister Emperor;
and battered warrior Vix, who is her first love. But Sabina
is guardian of a deadly secret: Vix’s beautiful son Antinous
has become the Emperor’s latest obsession.
Empress and Emperor, father and son will spin in a deadly
dance of passion, betrayal, conspiracy, and war. As tragedy
sends Hadrian spiraling into madness, Vix and Sabina form a
last desperate pact to save the Empire. But ultimately, the
fate of Rome lies with an untried girl, a spirited redhead
who may just be the next Lady of the Eternal City . . .