8Staying in power is much more difficult than achieving it. Julia is at the height of her power, but betrayal and family division threaten to spoil everything. To make matters worse, a Galen docotor diagnosed the empress with what he, in Greek, calls karkinos, and that the Romans, in Latin, call cancer. The brutal confrontation between her two children leads Julia's dynasty to collapse. In the midst of such physical and moral pain, anyone would have given up. So many disasters accumulate that Julia feels as if she were fighting the gods of Rome. But, amid chaos, a love story stronger than death, a passion capable of overcoming impossible tests emerges and comes to Julia's rescue. Nothing is lost. The game for control of the empire continues. JULIA DOMNA, the new saga that has conquered more than 4 million readers. When the enemy is your own child... is there victory?