Two stories, millennia apart, connected by office worker Paul Feron in a 20th-century New
York heatwave and Roman gladiator Ferronius in a heatwave of his own. Time travel? Or a
dream?
— Michael Main
A dazzling streak of lightning, a mighty clap of thunder, and Paul Feron, suddenly
awakened, sprang to his feet with white face and staring eyes. What had happened? God,
what had happened?