A mist of prophecies : a novel of ancient Rome
(Book)

In 48 B.C., civil war rages across the Roman world. While Caesar and Pompey fight on distant battlefields, the powerful women left behind in Rome spin their own webs of intrigue and betrayal. When the beautiful young Cassandra staggers across the Roman Forum and dies in the arms of Gordianus the Finder, he becomes obsessed with finding her killer. Like her Trojan namesake, Cassandra was a seeress. To hear her prophecies, many paid handsomely. To silence her forever, someone resorted to murder. As Gordianus matches wits with Rome's most ruthless women, he stumbles upon a conspiracy that could change the course of the war--and put an end to his own life."--P. [4] of cover.