Imagine a world in which Rome never fell.
Marcus, the healer Sulien and Una, his sister - and Marcus\'.
Marcus Novius is caught in a massive explosion at the Coliseum which kills his uncle the emperor...making Marcus, his heir, the new leader of the Roman Empire.
But tensions within and without are about to change the face of the earth.
Now the Empire stretches across the Atlantic, slaves are constructing a giant bridge over the Persian Gulf and magnetic railways span the globe.
Imagine a world in which Rome never fell