The Serpent's Shadow: A Roman Mystery

Rome, 117 AD. The golden age of Trajan fades, and shadows lengthen across the empire. Whispers of conspiracy slither through the Senate as prominent figures fall victim to an unseen hand, each marked with the chilling symbol of a serpent coiled around a poppy. Dr. Livia Proculus, a brilliant paleographer haunted by her historian father's disappearance, recognizes a terrifying echo of his lost research in these deaths – a forgotten prophecy foretelling Rome's downfall. Her world of hushed li...