A selfless sacrifice to an ancient god gives a bitter slave a reason to live and a baby to raise. Sold into slavery by his own mother, Julian has known nothing but pain and brutality. All that changes when, aboard a slave ship, he experiences the kindness and the tender touch of a loving person for the first time. But fate has plans for Julian in the blood awakening of an ancient god who strikes a cruel bargain: an innocent life in exchange for extraordinary powers—ones he must use to protect a helpless baby in a cruel and violent world! Sold into slavery, Julian has known nothing but pain. All that changes when he experiences kindness for the first time. But fate has plans for Julian when an ancient god bestows the power and lives of a hundred slaughtered slaves upon him. He uses these powers to protect those he loves, especially the baby Diana. When a prophecy foresees Diana destroying the King, Julian is pitted against a powerful foe named Archos, who has the power to control water. Baffled by Julian’s ability to come back from death, Archos unleashes the very ocean against him. Just how many lives will Julian lose in this vicious battle?