Winter, AD 58 – Rome.
An actor is discovered murdered in the stage of the Theatre of Pompey; a young girl drowns in the River Tiber. Are the two events connected?

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Summer, AD 59.
Months have passed when Marcus disappears, drawing Baecr is reluctantly drawn into the search for him. Setting out with two unlikely companions: the mysterious Lady Prasto and Porteus, a man devoted to science and reason, Baecr is forced to confront buried memories—memories that tie his past to his daughter’s death and his brother's disappearance. As dark forces gather, Baecr begins to question everything he once held true—and is offered a path to the absolution he never thought possible.