Eine der bewegendsten Epochen des antiken Rom, die Zeit der Kaiser Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius und Nero und der Aufstieg des mittellosen Vespasian , bildet den Hintergrund einer bewegenden Liebesgeschichte zweier Menschen, die Standesunterschiede, Trennungen und politische Wirren übersteht.
Von Kaiser Vespasian in geheimer Mission in die Provinz Syrien entsandt, gera t Marcus Didius Falco, Privatermittler mit unbefriedigender Auftragslage, begleitet von seiner ebenso scho nen wie kaprizio sen Gefa hrtin Helena, in lebensgefa hrliche Abenteuer.
Born without magic, Joram was one of the Dead, denied the throne of Merilon. For years, he lived among outlaws, surviving by wit and sleight-of-hand. Now, wielding the powerful, magic absorbing Darksword, Joram retums to the enchanted Kingdom that once was his home to win revenge and claim his birthright. Here he will test Bishop Vanya and his fierce army of Duuk-tsarith in a battle unlike any their world has known. Joined by the scholarly catalyst Saryon, the young mage Mosiah, and the trickster Simkin, Jorma confronts the shattering secret of his past and discovers the ancient prophecy that puts the fate of the world in his hands--the hands that forged the Darksword.