It's Rome in the time of Nero, and for the fourteen year-old Adria, things could scarcely be better. Not only is her father a well-respected Senator, she herself is well-loved as the glorious Girl Gladiator. But when she becomes a victim of Nero's jealousy and finds herself stripped of her fame and a fugitive, the only ones she has to turn to are the ones she's been taught to loathe and fear: the Christians.
