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A violent frontier land, bad with crime and seething with hate of Rome—a barbarian lord whose enthusiasts can include an assassin —an intelligent and dishonest faith healer who understands everybody's secrets—a child who challenges toward member however troubled with the Holy Illness: these would be the components in a secret that Pliny, recently appointed governor of Bithynia, affects whenever a large Roman standard is located killed on the desolate hillside, kilometers from the administrative centre. But as Pliny chases one confusing guide after another, he's being tricked where he least wants it: his stunning partner, forgotten and unhappy within an unfamiliar city, falls desperately in deep love with a good-looking young provincial—an event which intends to create not just discomfort but wreck to Pliny's profession. Each one of these posts get together in a heartbreaking and shocking climax.