Amata

AMATA: Book Three in The First Vestals of Rome trilogy

The gripping, unsparing tale of Amata, the first true Vestal Virgin of Rome, whose choices would shape the Vestal Order for centuries to come.

It is 716 BCE, over thirty years since the founding of Rome. The city's war-like nature has made it the "tyrant of Latium," and King Romulus's hardened nature has caused the fledgling Vestal order to fall into disrepute. But as crisis strikes and an enigmatic newcomer named Numa arrives in the city...