78AD and two youngsters live deep in the mountains seemingly far away from the Roman invaders. One dark night Drustan is taken from his home and brought to Ynys Mon, the spiritual home of the druids. There he learns dark secrets about his past and discovers how if the Romans ever find out who he is then they would kill him in the blink of an eye. Meanwhile war comes to the mountains and Ceri is forced to join refugees fleeing to Ynys Mon.Soon the two find themselves surrounded by crazed druids and invading Romans and before long they are taken in chains across the seas to be sold to the highest bidder.Just to survive they have to confront cruel masters, the fires of Pompeii and the blood of the Roman Coliseum. But its not long before each of them discover they have even greater enemies to fear than their Roman masters.