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Now a driver in the chariot races, Nic is still a target of the Praetors because of the magical amulet he found, and they will do anything to get their hands on it -- and meanwhile, Atroxia is beginning to wake up.

Nicolas Calva has Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and he has hidden the dangerous Jupiter Stone, but he still has to find a way to defeat The Mistress, a dragon who contains the soul of the vestalis Atroxia, and who hates Rome, and save his mother and friends, and maybe even the Empire itself -- and he is troubled by his sneaking sympathy for Atroxia, who was unjustly condemned.

Looks at the history and culture of various ancient civilizations and extinct cities.