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Plot Summary
Sophia Wildwood
Arsinoe grew up as the illegitimate
daughter of Sextus Julius Caesar IV and an Egyptian slave and her mother,
having loved the Julian, raised her with this knowledge. But when Arsinoe was
seven her mother was beaten to death at the orders of her father’s wife, a
jealous woman, and Arsinoe was sold to the household Decimus Junius Silanus. It
is there that, over a decade later, she becomes embroiled in the plot to
overthrow Caesar and return the Republic to Rome. Arsinoe remembers the fate of
her mother at the hand of her Julian father’s wife and harbors a need for a
vengeance she knows can only be satisfied through her master’s familial ties to
Brutus and other members of the opposition to Caesar. As she immerses herself
in revenge on the Julians, she meets Marcus Porcius Cato and his son Gaius,
both deeply involved in the plot to assassinate Caesar. In her quest, Arsinoe
develops a strong bond with Gaius that pulls her farther into the subterfuge
and makes her realize that there is far more than meets the eye in Rome.
Arsinoe’s questions about what she is really fighting become more prominent,
driving a wedge between her and Gaius. In the midst of the civil unrest in
Rome, Arsinoe is battling herself as she struggles to find her place in the
city and reconcile her heritage with what she believes. Ultimately, she must
come to terms with herself and discover what she can do when she is to far in
to ever get out.
