He did not arrive in Pompeii. He was sent there by the mysterious House of Mirrors.
In the body of a woman named Fausta, with no past he can reach and no future he can change, Elliot is forced into a life governed by routine, labor, and the expectations of others. The world is close, physical, inescapable. Hunger, heat, touch, everything is immediate.
Over time, resistance fades. What was strange becomes familiar. What was his becomes distant.
Only one certainty remains. One piece of knowledge that only he has.
The mountain above the city will one day bury everything.
And when that day comes, Fausta must face it not as who he was, but as whom she has become.