This book, based on historical facts, relates what hapened in Rome in the summer of that year. It is a gripping chronicle. However the actual events that occurred are worse that can be related in a book foe adolescents. In the story we meet Quintus, the central character. He is a typical Roman boy, who through a number of ordeals experiences the grace of God. His mentor is Davus, a copper-smith. He shows us some of the prejudices held by the heathen people in Rome against the christians. The story retells some of the most shocking diids performed against the follwers of Chirst by Empereor Nero and his aids. We also meet Aquilla, Prisilla, Demas, Caecillia and others, all faithfull christians, called to witness of thier faith. This book gives more than one gathers from what is written above. It gives an impression of daily life of the first christian community in Rome. It shos the difficulties that the heathen Romans placed in the path of the gospel, and how God worked events to His good. Through God's grace the simple people held onto their faith.
