The real-life daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony—the only one of the queen’s four children to survive to adulthood—lost everything and everyone when her parents’ enemy defeated them. After the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, Selene (which means, “moon”) and her brothers were forced to sail to Rome and live in the home of the man responsible for their deaths. Selene fights to protect her brothers and reclaim her royal birthright. Only one man stands in her way. Will she succeed in using her mother’s strategies for gaining political power? Or will she find her own way and finally emerge out from her mother’s shadow?
Publishers Weekly: “Fascinating…the novel’s atmospheric setting and romantic intrigue are highly memorable.”
The LA Times: “Magical…Make[s] history come alive…impressive…”
Wall Street Journal: “Absorbing historical novel…”
School Library Journal: “A fantastic read with some valuable history…”
Crystal Kite Award Winner
Junior Library Guild Selection
Atlantic.com List of “YA Historical Fiction for Adults”
Entertainment Weekly.com “Must” Read List
