Sargassa

In a world where Rome never fell, an unlikely group of protagonists are ready to burn down the empire in thefirst of this new speculative trilogySelah Kleios is twenty-two years old and suddenly one of the most important women in the empires. The roleof Imperial Historian is her birthright, something she's been preparing for since birth-but she was supposedto have more time to learn the role from her father, the previous Historian. In the wake of her father's suddenand shocking assassination, Selah finds herself custodian of more than just the Imperial Archives, the toweringcentral library that safeguards all collective knowledge of the Roman Imperium and its client empires. There'salso the question of the two puzzling classified items her father left in her care-an ancient atlas filled withlandscapes that don't exist, and a carved piece of stone that seems to do nothing at all.Soon, though, it becomes clear that the Iveroa Stone is more than just a slab of rock. With the reappearanceof an old lost love who's been blackmailed into stealing it for an unknown entity, Selah finds herself in a race touncover the mysteries the Stone holds. But she isn't the only one with an interest in it-she'll have to contendwith the deputy chief of police, an undercover spy, and her own beloved half brother along the way. Whatbegins as an act of atonement and devotion ultimately pulls her into the crosshairs of deep state conspiracy,the stirrings of an underground independence movement, and questions that threaten to shake the foundationallegitimacy of Roma Sargassa's past, present, and future.