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When Zenobia will take control of her own destiny, will the gods punish her audacity? Zenobia, the happy daughter of a Syrian sheikh, won't marry against her will. She won't post to an eternity of subservience. When her dad dies, she pieces out on her own, seeking the power she thinks to be her birthright, dreaming of the Roman Empire's downfall and her ascendance to the throne. Defying her family, Zenobia arranges her own marriage to the most important man in the location of Palmyra. But their union is not peaceful - his other better half begrudges the marriage and the labor and birth of Zenobia's kid, and Zenobia sees herself ever more attracted to her guardsman, Zabdas. As war breaks out, she's faced with terrible choices. From your decadent halls of Rome to the golden sands of Egypt, Zenobia battles for power, for love, and on her behalf kid. But will her hubris pull the wrath of the gods? Will she learn a "woman's place," or can she finally stake her promise as Empress of the East?