A gruesome discovery leads Libertus on a dangerous quest . . . -
Wealthy Volus, ex-lictor to the Imperial Governor of Gaul, is retiring
to the town of Glevum. Libertus is sent to his new apartment, where he
is informed that one of the ex-lictor's treasure carts has been
intercepted, the guards and horses brutally butchered. When his actions
are misinterpreted by a network of spies, Libertus is suspected of
involvement in the massacre and marched to the garrison to await trial.
But after daringly escaping, Libertus embarks on a dangerous quest to
discover the truth . . .