Coming Fall 2027 from Peachtree Teen.
Grief moves in strange ways.
After narrowly surviving Pompeii, Felix and Loren move to Rome for a fresh start as partners—though the process of healing is far from linear.
When Aurelia, the oracle girl Loren once considered a sister, arrives to issue a grave warning, the boys discover escaping the ghosts of their pasts isn’t so simple. With the completion of the new Colosseum looming, and with no psychopomp in Rome to handle the deaths it promises to bring, the veil between the spirit world and the living threatens to burst.
Struggling with survivor’s guilt, Loren has shut out his prophetic dreams to focus on the present: proving he can actually do good for society as a senator’s assistant. But Aurelia’s arrival throws Loren into a vision that brings him face-to-face with his old enemy—the ghost of his partner Felix’s traumatic memories.
The ghost confronts Loren with an ultimatum: Destroy Felix’s memories entirely or be escorted to the underworld to face the fate he deserved in Pompeii.
Meanwhile, Felix has left thieving behind to build a stable life. But when curiosity about his missing memories leads him back to the Temple of Mercury, he discovers a figure from his past who should be dead. They might be the key to finally granting Felix his memories—and psychopomp powers—back... if Felix can prove himself worthy first.
As the walls of the arena close in, Felix and Loren must brave their trauma before the veil between life and death is torn—even if saving each other will rip them apart.