In the blood-soaked arena of ancient Rome, healing becomes the most dangerous rebellion of all.
Demetria, a skilled Greek physician enslaved in a gladiator school, has learned to patch up fighters so they can die more spectacularly tomorrow. But when the undefeated champion called Lupus refuses her healing touch, she glimpses something that terrifies Rome's masters a man who remembers what freedom tastes like.
Marcus Aurelius Lupus was once a Roman general who dared question imperial brutality. Now he's the arena's deadliest gladiator, fighting with skills that make crowds roar and enemies whisper. When the brilliant physician begins asking dangerous questions about his scars, he faces a choice that could destroy them both.
As Demetria's forbidden love awakens Marcus's buried conscience, they discover that healing and rebellion spring from the same desperate source. But when Emperor Nero himself arrives to witness the gladiator's death, their stolen moments become a race against time.
With medical knowledge as her weapon and love as her courage, Demetria must choose: save the man who taught her that some things are worth dying for, or watch the arena claim another hero for Rome's entertainment.
Some wounds can only be healed by revolution. Some love is stronger than empire.
Genre: Thriller
Demetria, a skilled Greek physician enslaved in a gladiator school, has learned to patch up fighters so they can die more spectacularly tomorrow. But when the undefeated champion called Lupus refuses her healing touch, she glimpses something that terrifies Rome's masters a man who remembers what freedom tastes like.
Marcus Aurelius Lupus was once a Roman general who dared question imperial brutality. Now he's the arena's deadliest gladiator, fighting with skills that make crowds roar and enemies whisper. When the brilliant physician begins asking dangerous questions about his scars, he faces a choice that could destroy them both.
As Demetria's forbidden love awakens Marcus's buried conscience, they discover that healing and rebellion spring from the same desperate source. But when Emperor Nero himself arrives to witness the gladiator's death, their stolen moments become a race against time.
With medical knowledge as her weapon and love as her courage, Demetria must choose: save the man who taught her that some things are worth dying for, or watch the arena claim another hero for Rome's entertainment.
Some wounds can only be healed by revolution. Some love is stronger than empire.
Genre: Thriller
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