Books Details
Author : Jennifer A. Nielsen Pages : 352 pages Publisher : Scholastic
Press Language : en-US ISBN-10 : 0545561558 ISBN-13 :
9780545561556
Books Descriptions
Jennifer A. Nielsen, author of the New York Times and USA Today
bestselling Ascendance Trilogy, has woven an electrifying tale of greed
and power, magic and destiny, and one boy's courage at the heart of it all.
When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a
sealed cavern containing the lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds
much more than gold and gemstones: He discovers an ancient bulla, an
amulet that belonged to the great Caesar and is filled with a magic once
reserved for the Gods--magic some Romans would kill for.Now, with the
deadly power of the bulla pulsing through his veins, Nic is determined to
become free. But instead, he finds himself at the center of a ruthless
conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and spark the Praetor War, a battle
to destroy Rome from within. Traitors and spies lurk at every turn, each
more desperate than the next to use Nic's newfound powers for their own
dark purposes.In a quest to stop the rebellion, save Rome, and secure
