An adult Gay novel of Ancient Rome. When Marcus, a young magistrate, spies a male slave being sexually abused by a slave trader in broad daylight, his better nature forces him to interfere. He ends up by buying Lucian, a handsome youth recently arrived from Britannia. Now the dark-haired, blue-eyed Lucian must strive to fit into a proper Roman household. He must meet the exacting demands of his exasperating new master. And somehow, he must try to regain his freedom. Lucian struggles to resist Marcus' sexual needs. In the midst of all this, events in Rome interfere. The times are uncertain. The powerful Prefect, Sejanus, controls Rome.
Emperor Tiberius, in retirement on the Isle of Capri, knows little of what is actually happening, that Sejanus wishes to seize ultimate power for himself. And Marcus, appointed by Sejanus is in the middle of things. Increasingly, he finds himself in difficult predicaments.
And increasingly, he relies upon the reluctant Lucian to help him. Lucian, despite himself, is falling in love with the arrogant Marcus, but is the reverse true? Does Marcus love him? And if so, can the master and his slave ever meet as true equals? Can they find peace in such troubled times? This is a torrid tale of Gay love and passionate explicit sex, set against actual violent times of an ancient Rome going through a civil war. Adult Content. Adult Gay Erotica.