Murena, 12

Lucius Murena has returned to the palace. His memory is still hazy, but the drugs Lemuria gave him are gradually wearing off, as are Nero's doubts about his friend's involvement in the plot against him. However, the secret surrounding the Hydra's identity baffles the emperor, who is plagued by increasingly frequent delusions that are slowly driving him to the brink of madness. The shadow of the conspiracy, which continues to loom over Rome, is also shaking Nero's sanity: as the noose tightens, he grants full powers to Tigellinus, his ambitious henchman. Caught between an obsessed woman and an emperor who still doubts his sincerity, will Murena make the right choices?