Publisher's Synopsis
Adrastos is the son of a gladiator and a kitchen slave in the household of Agrippina, mother of the future emperor Nero. Bold, clever and charming he becomes the pet of the imperial household and the play mate of the young Nero. Adrastos knows the back alleys of Rome, the gladiator training schools, the secrets and intrigues of the imperial family and the dark world of ghosts where he moves with the same easy familiarity as in the dust and heat of Rome.