'We have some wonderful mosaics in Pompeii, but I've never seen abetter one than this!' After the young Roman mosaic designer Felixstarts work in Pompeii, his whole life changes. There he falls in love with the beautiful Greek slave Agathe, who can see into the future.When the volcano Vesuvius sends hot ash over the city, Felix - andAgathe's brother Alcander - ride to the port of Misenum for help. Butwill they reach admiral Gaius Plinius in time, and will they ever seeAgathe alive again?