The Poisoner's Recruit

Pelta Glaucia chose death over servitude when she poisoned her overbearing master, only to be spared from the gallows and apprenticed to Rome's most infamous poisoner, Locusta-the woman who just put Emperor Nero on the throne. Being a poisoner's apprentice kept her from a grisly execution, but now, unknown forces are conspiring to sabotage her one chance at freedom. However, that freedom comes at a cost. The life of a poisoner would mean the wealth and prestige Pelta's never had. It would a...