Amy J. (Izzynalexmom) reviewed on 3/9/2007 + 6 more book reviews

Once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome, Marius is kidnapped and forced into that dark realm of blood, where he is made a protector of the Queen and King of the vampires, in whom the core of the supernatural race resides. Through his eyes we see the fall of pagan Rome to the Emperor Constantine, the horrific sack of the Eternal City at the hands of the Visigoths, and the vile aftermath of the Black Death. Ultimately restored by the beauty of the Renaissance, Marius becomes a painter, living dangerously yet happily among mortals, and giving his heart tot he great master Botticelli, to the bewitching courtesan Bianca, and to the mysterious young apprentice Armand. But it in the present day, deep in the jungle, when Marius will meet his fate seeking justice fromt he oldest vampires in the world....

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