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A calculating court. An empire at risk. With her child brother the new emperor, will her family survive his reign?Constantinople, AD 408. Princess Pulcheria is terrified for the future. With her father's death leaving her seven-year-old brother as the new ruler, the astute girl fears the easily influenced boy will be destroyed by the whims of a manipulative aristocracy. Vowing to protect their family legacy, the young noble convinces the underage...
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She lives in the shadows of incapable men. With a sharp mind and ambitious drive, can she direct the destiny of millions?Rome, AD 410. Princess Placidia knows her duty. Well-loved and respected, the stalwart woman fights to protect her people from invaders despite her brother's inept rule. So when conspirators open the gates to the barbarians, the courageous royal refuses to quail as she's taken captive.Abandoned to her captor's mercies when her sibling...
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A beautiful pagan. A ruler searching for a wife. Can a marriage of expedience change the course of an empire?Constantinople, AD 419. Athenais holds faint hope for her future. When the impoverished orphan's male relatives offer her up as a consort for the emperor, she reluctantly agrees to study the philosophical arguments for the required conversion to Christianity. But while the accomplished scholar quickly falls for her imperial husband, she struggles...
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