Cecilia and the Emperor

Cecilia, young, fearless, and privileged is drawn precariously to the early Christian Church in Rome while her childhood friend, Elagabalus, groomed to be emperor by his murderous and scheming grandmother, goes on a different path. This story of their brief but incredibly intense relationship based on historical characters and timelines, vividly brings alive the sprawling Empire's titanic and bloody power struggles and inevitable clash with the early Christian church. Palace intrigue, obsession, assassination, inspiration, insanity, and love, weave together a heartbreaking story of two different people swept up in the cultural and religious forces transforming Rome in the early third century.