Within a manuscript that has not been read for a millennium and a half, there are secrets that will rewrite the history of an Empire...
It is AD 518 in Constantinople, capital of the glorious Byzantine Empire. A beautiful courtesan famed for her interpretation of the myth "Leda and the Swan" dances in the Imperial Palaces; stirring hearts, rousing desires, and indelibly changing the course of history. This woman, Theodora, was a circus performer...