"The daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Selene, was taken from Egypt to Rome, where she was raised in a family of Emperor Octavian and his brothers. In the fifteen years since she has been married to the king of Numidia, away from the domineering and cruel Emperor, she feels free. The day will come, and Octavian will call her to him, but not just as an adopted daughter..." -- cataloger's interpretation of cover.