Sometimes you have to almost die to discover how you want to liveItamprsquos AD 114 in the Roman province of Germania Superior and being a Christian carries a death sentence Tribune Decimus Lentulus is on the fast track for a stellar political career back in Rome When heamprsquos robbed blinded and left for dead a young German woman who follows the Way finds him Valeria knows itamprsquos his duty to have her and her family killed but she chooses to obey Jesusamprsquos command to love her enemy and takes him home to care for himItamprsquos not his miraculous recovery that shakes Decimus to his core Itamprsquos the way they love him like family and their unconcealed love for Jesus In spite of himself he falls in love with the Christian woman Rome wants him to kill Can Valeria hide her faith to follow him into the circles of Roman power Or should he abandon his ambition to help rule the Empire and choose to follow a different way