In the ancient city of Pompeii, Cicero Caudinus investigates the murder of playwright Blasius Pachomius, whose death threatens to disrupt the city's uneasy peace. With tensions high from recent earthquakes and public unrest, Cicero, along with Aedile Graccus Triarius, delves into the tangled web of actors and hidden motives. As they interrogate the suspects, including a blind soothsayer and an ambitious actress, Cicero begins to unravel a plot fueled by rage and betrayal.