The Amulet

The Amulet is a work of historical fiction set in the dangerous world of Roman chariot racing, exploring the lives and superstitions of the young drivers who risked everything in the Circus Maximus. Drawing on historical detail and character-driven storytelling, the novel examines ambition, loyalty, corruption, and the cost of fame in Ancient Rome's most powerful and violent spectacle.For the Romans, chariot racing was more than entertainment. It was identity, politics, and power. The Amulet goes beyond the dust and thunder of the Circus Maximus and into the lives of young men who raced for glory, survival, and freedom; into the brutal world of the stables; into a society obsessed with victory, fortune, and fate.Men like charioteer Marcus Sulpicius Torquatas, a gifted chariot racer, victorious, celebrated, and marked. A young man whose dangerous career was protected by his belief in the protection of a golden amulet. The trophy he raises will change everything, including his access to the world of Gabrina, the beautiful young woman whose world has been beyond his reach. Read more