Rome, 43 BC. Aurelia, a young noblewoman, is betrothed to Quintus Aquilla, a rising Roman legionary. Six years later, she embarks on a treacherous voyage to Roman Britain to finally meet her husband-to-be. But the savage land holds dangers she never imagined, and a storm-wrecked ship leaves her stranded on hostile shores, facing a destiny far darker than she could have ever foreseen.