In the bustling, opulent city of Pompeii in 79 AD, a young aqueduct engineer named Lucius discovers troubling anomalies in the city’s water supply. Dismissed by the city’s arrogant elite, Lucius realizes the towering mountain of Vesuvius is awakening. As a catastrophic eruption begins, burying the city in ash and fire, Lucius must navigate the collapsing streets and rigid social divides to save Valeria, a senator’s daughter, before the Roman world they know is erased from history forever.
