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To his horror and shame, young legionary Gnaeus Lentulus has been caught sleeping on sentry duty. His death sentence is commuted to the perilous duty of prisoner escort. To earn his own pardon he is chained to a condemned criminal by iron manacles, and must remain attached until he delivers his prisoner to Rome for judgment before Nero Caesar. In company with four fellow legionaries and their captive felons, he embarks on a dangerous sea journey of many months into the stormy season. Lentulus…