All Althaia wants on her trip to Delphi is to fulfill her father's last
wish and enjoy time away from her tiresome new husband. Finding the body
of a young woman on the altar of Dionysos in the theater of the Sacred
Precinct on her first day in town is not in her plans. Neither is
getting involved in the search for the killer, falling for the son of a
famous priestess, or getting pulled into the ancient struggle for
control of the two most powerful oracles in the world. But that's
exactly what happens when Theron, Althaia's tutor and a man with a
reputation for finding the truth, is asked to investigate. When a priest
hints that Theron himself may be involved, Althaia is certain the old
man is crazy-until Nikomachos, son of the famous priestess of Dodona,
arrives with an urgent message. As Theron's past, greedy priests,
paranoid priestesses, visions, prophecies, and stolen treasures
complicate the investigation, Althaia finds herself falling for
Nikomachos whose dangerous secrets may hold the key to the young woman's
death.When another body is found and Althaia discovers Nikomachos is
being blackmailed, she devises a plan to coerce the killer to reveal
himself and, in the process, forces Nikomachos to confront his own past.
As the plan unfolds, she comes to realize that love often comes at a
high price and that the true meaning of family is more than a blood
bond.
