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When your world blows apart, what will you hold onto?TAG is a medical slave, doomed to spend his life healing his masters injured gladiators. But his warriors heart yearns to fight in the gladiator ring himself and earn enough money to win his freedom.LUCIA is the daughter of Tags owner, doomed by her fathers greed to marry a much older Roman man. But she loves studying the natural world around her home in Pompeii, and lately shes been noticing some odd occurrences in the landscape small lakes disappearing a sulfurous smell in the air. . . .When the two childhood friends reconnect, each with their own longings, they fall passionately in love. But as they plot their escape from the city, a patrician fighter reveals his own plans for them -- to Lucias father, who imprisons Tag as punishment.
About the Author
Vicky Alvear Shecter is the author of multiple books set in the ancient world, including the YA novels, CLEOPATRA'S MOON, based on the life of Cleopatra's only daughter, and CURSES AND SMOKE: A NOVEL OF POMPEII and the adult historical collaborations, A SONG OF WAR, A YEAR OF RAVENS, and A DAY OF FIRE. She has written a mid-grade series on mythology (ANUBIS SPEAKS, HADES SPEAKS, and THOR SPEAKS) as well as two award-winning biographies for kids. She a She is a docent at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Antiquities at Emory University in Atlanta.
