Two thousand years ago, 120 Roman ships a year braved the Indian Ocean to trade in India. In 100AD, three of them continued on to the unknown world of Han China... and the adventure began! Aulus Galba saw an easy path to fame and fortune on this expedition, but the Fates had other plans in store for him and his unlikely companions. From the storm-tossed Indian Ocean to the opulent Han court, from the grassy steppes north of China to the forbidding Pamir mountains, they must fight for the lives, searching for the road leading back to Rome.