The story was so enthralling to me-I want to read it again!" Elizabeth Goddard, author of The Camera Never Lies "A glorious storytelling of the plight of early Christianity. Higley brings Pompeii to life again in this exhilarating tale of love and adventure. Pompeii has a mystique all its own, and Higley brings it to rich life, from glory to destruction, while bringing her well-drawn characters through disaster to salvation." DeAnna Julie Dodson, author of In Honor Bound "T.L. Higley's stories set in the ancient world. As Vesuvius churns with deadly intent, the two must bridge their differences to save the lives of those they love, before the fiery ash buries Pompeii, leaving the city lost to the world. Political corruption, religious persecution, and family peril threaten to destroy Ariella and Cato, who are thrown together in the battle to survive. But evil creeps through the streets of Pompeii. Her anger fuels her to fight well, hoping to win the arena crowds and reveal her gender at the perfect time. She ends up in Pompeii, disguised as a young man and sold into a gladiator troupe. As a young Jew, she escaped the fall of Jerusalem only to endure slavery to a cruel Roman general. For Ariella, Pompeii is a means to an end. But when a corrupt politician wrongfully jails Cato's sister, he must oust the man from power to save her. A place to start again, become a winemaker. For Cato, it's the perfect escape from a failed political career in Rome. Pompeii, a city that's many things to many people.
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