Slaves to Fortune
“For Felix, the master’s library was a place of refuge, and his hours spent there were an escape. The faint scent of the beechwood boxes and shelves was a salve to his troubled spirit, and when he lost himself in a book, at least for a time, he could forget that he was as much a possession as the book in his hands; as much a possession as he was a man.”
Felix, a young slave in the household of the wealthy and influential Aspasii family, is unique among his fellows. He enjoys his master’s confidence, meaningful duties suited to his education, and the friendship of the master’s adopted daughter—for whom he harbors a secret longing.
He lacks for nothing—except his freedom.
But when the bitter rivalry between Rome’s two brother-emperors turns deadly and the Aspasii face annihilation, Felix must decide how far he will go to protect the family he serves and the girl he loves—and what he is willing to risk to win his freedom.
Slaves to Fortune is the first novel in a series set in the turbulent third century, plunging readers into a Roman world riven by danger, discord, and chaos.
