<p>At the height of the Roman Empire, a young Jewish boy, Saul, is taken from his family in Palestine to be a slave to Marcus Tiberius of Rome. But though the father of the house is obsessed with the boy, it is Marcus&rsquo; son, Flavius, whose interest Saul returns, brewing a storm within the family which Saul can only hope to weather.</p><p>As years pass and the boys grow into men, their love will be tested, the marriage Marcus plans for his son bringing a selfish and jealous woman between them. And if she cannot tempt Flavius from Saul with kindness, it will have to be cruelty...</p><p>In a time when jealousy, honor, and rivalries were questions of life and death, how can a slave protect himself from the jealousy of his masters?</p><p>P.&nbsp;J. Mann&rsquo;s 6th book, Aquila et Noctua tells a story of love across boundaries in ancient Rome, a deeply human tale from a world thousands of years and leagues away.</p>