The Power of Four

A sperm whale an estuarine crocodile a sabre-tooth tiger and a mastodon all threatened with extinction prelude this story of four men destined to set a course for the future of the world.It is 25 BC and four slaves row in a galley for the Roman Empire: Britannius sentenced for committing rape; Himilco for molestation and treason; Enoch for wounding a centurion and implicated in supplying the asps for Queen Cleopatras suicide; and Hanno for killing his owner.Following a shipwreck three of them are recaptured but the fourth escapes. And so starts an epic journey for all four that spans the entire world with their individual adventures. Constantly hounded and pursued by the overseer from the original galley each is re-captured escapes again and thinks about the reason for the journeys especially after they all unexpectedly meet again after years on the run.What is it all for? It will take the universe to explain...