First-century Rome is a perilous city as Nero stalks the political circles and huddled groups of believers. To be safe, Christians must remain invisible.Gallus Sergius Vitas is the only man within Nero?s trusted circle willing to do what it takes to keep the empire together. He struggles to lessen Nero?s monstrosities against the people of Rome?especially the Christians. But as three Greek letters are scrawled as graffiti throughout the city, Nero?s anger grows.As the early church begins to experience the turbulence Christ prophesied as the beginning of the last days, an enemy seeks to find John?s letter, Revelation, and destroy it. Meanwhile the early Christians must decipher it and cling to the hope it provides as they face the greatest of all persecutions. From the Back Cover The beast is on the throne.The populace is ruled by its appetites.And a divine prophecy emerges that some would die to protect and others would kill to snuff out.With the empire sinking into decadence and decay, corruption has infected every sphere of Rome. Those in power have marked Gallus Sergius Vitas, one of the last men of integrity, as a threat to be eliminated.Followers of Jesus are hunted down and killed for sport as Nero attempts to stamp out the fledgling religion. But the revelation of John, Jesus? last disciple, portends a different victory, sending tremors through the empire.