Inspired by Virgil's Aeneid: Aeneas, his son, best friend, and others seek refuge in the distant city of Carthage. They lost their home and loved ones when Troy was destroyed at the end of the Trojan war. Aeneas is prince, father, and now the sole leader of his people, scarred by his past. The determination not to fail his people ever again, and to find them a new home, looms large in his soul. Haymon is a mercenary Greek general, struggling with guilt and trauma from his actions and losses in the Trojan War. He walks a fine line between being a mercenary and his own conscience. Dido is the new Queen of a new city, still figuring out both her roles as a leader and herself as a person. Mysticism and fate swirl through and around her -- the fate of the future of the new empires is in her hands. These three leaders come from different places, but in Carthage they find they have more in common than they originally thought. High Priest Conus and his followers want to drive everyone out from the desert shores of northern Africa/Carthage. He prepares to rally his people and raise an army of the dead. Bent on revenge, prejudice, anger, and fear, lingering from his own past, he manipulates all to get what he wants. Now new arrivals must befriend their old enemies and put the past behind them to save their mutual futures. Romance, adventure, friendship, acceptance, fantasy, and empowerment meet in this exciting novel of conflicted character, development and life's changes, losses, connections, and hope. Come to Via for a story of mythology, survival, recovery, love stronger than death, and more!