A TALE OF GODS AND GODDESSES, THRILLING ROMANCE, AND MYSTERY SET IN PRESENT-DAY ROME. Laura who is visiting Rome with her school choir group, stumbles onto a crime. She manages to escape with the help of a boy named Paolo, but becomes drawn deeper into Rome's underground world of crypts, tombs, relics, and submerged ruins. Soon she learns that Paolo is a messenger from the past, sent by the gods to right an ancient wrong. Will Paolo complete his mission before he must leave -- and can Laura get out of the Eternal City?