Gordianus is now twenty-two years old & living in Alexandria with Bethesda scraping by in modest & haphazard fashion But then Bethesda is kidnapped by mistake With few resources available to him Gordianus has to find the people who kidnapped her & get her back
- before they realise they have the wrong woman & dispose of her for good A raid on the golden tomb of Alexander the Great a semi-shady troupe of travelling performers highwaymen amorous innkeepers the politics of the pharaohs smugglers camels & an adventure up the Nile all combine to make this a rescue mission neither Gordianus
- or Bethesda
- will ever forget Praise for Steven Saylor' The Saylor hallmarks are meticulous recreation of Rome's grimy bustling streets & a brilliantly drawn cast of minor characters' The Sunday Times 'A compelling storyteller with a striking talent for historical reconstruction' Times Literary Supplement