Leonidas, a gladiator who has recently earned his freedom, is hired as a bodyguard by a senator transporting gold to pay for a precious cargo. Somebody wants the senator dead, preferably with Leonidas getting the blame. But who and why? And how is the murder of a brothel madam connected?
Quite apart from the main mystery, the mystery of Leonidas and Cassia's benefactor is obviously going to play out over what promises to be an intriguing series.