Dido gallops headlong into her third adventure, following her escapades in the riveting and action-packed Race to the Death and Rivals on the Track.
Dido is reconciled to leaving the racing track and staying at home to train horses with Scorpus and Parmenion. But a storm is brewing. It brings with it a fiery black stallion and also word from Rome that her charioteer cousin has disappeared – presumed murdered! Dido is determined to help her Uncle Scorpus discover Abibaal's fate. Returning to the city brings back many memories and new discoveries about the life she has left, and it brings her into the clutches of the terrifying Emperor Caligula.
Dido is soon in terrible danger, faced with the awful choice between racing for the man who has torn her family apart or endangering the ones she loves most.