Cursus Honorum

Returning to Rome war torn and weary, all Marius wants is to relax and be left alone. Instead he is dragged right into the midst of the parties and politics he prefers to avoid--and meets Decimus, a young, rising politician full of ambition and hard to ignore.

Decimus is determined to prove that his youth doesn't mean he's not deserving of the awe and respect of every sneering old man in Rome trying to dismiss him. He is also determined to have Marius as his running mate, which will secure his career in a way nothing else could.

What neither man expects is to see in each other something they thought was lost forever...