Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
A young teenage engineer serving in the Roman army under Julius Caesar is transformed by a trip to the Great Library of Alexandria. What he learns from a slave priestess will help transform Rome from a war-torn republic into a vast empire.
Roy Swenson
A controversial biologist banned from the USA because of his controversial experiments is in Prague on his search for dark energy.
Jude Obah
Born in the failed state of Biafra, Jude is a disfigured shaman reincarnated from Prague in the Dark Ages, where he was tortured to death for his religious convictions.
Samia
A bastard child of Ptolemy 12, Samia was educated by priests in Memphis before being admitted with Cleopatra to a rigorous curriculum at the Great Library of Alexandria. She becomes Agrippa's teacher and lover as they struggle to reconcile their passions with the interests of their two respective empires.
Dr. Mike Hammer
A Harvard-educated ethno-botanist, Hammer's experiences with ayahuasca and other plants gives him perspectives on mankind's original spiritual impulses. As a member of the research team, he thinks that the pineal gland could be an ideal dark energy sensor.
Published on January 10, 2015 12:56