Pompeii, 79 AD. For Gaius Cassius and Elara, the city was a perfect frame for a newly forged love, painted in the ochre and red of their sun-drenched home. But beneath the rhythm of daily life, Vesuvius waited. This is the harrowing account of a groom's escape into the Bay of Naples, haunted by the plume of ash that stole his bride in the blinding chaos of the final day.
