W Nicol
ASIN: B00F3OZM9W
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 447
The desperate emotions of an innocent girl swept along by historical catastrophes beyond her control, Icarus And The Virgin is a powerful story of an degenerate tyrant yet to learn the constraints of his power. Entranced yet hope-filled, the young heroine, Aquilia resolves to find fortune when all is against her.Fearful of her elders' expectations, the newest Vestal Virgin, Aquilia Severa, is ready to fulfill her destiny in Rome's treacherous imperial circles. Against a tumultuous background as one emperor succeeds another, the young girl - only recently rid of countryside dirt - finds herself abruptly wielding influence upon the most unstable of contenders.The young Bassianus, the high priest of the god Elagabalus, and his conniving family, are determined to gain power at any cost. All while Aquilia and Bassianus struggle to assert their blossoming sexuality in very different ways. ...