The Fisher of Purple: A short story. (English Edition)

It's AD 79 and the height of the Roman Empire. Portia lives a life of privilege in Herculaneum, an opulent city neighboring the famed Pompeii. Her world turns upside down when she becomes romantically entangled with Heirax, a poor fisherman, unthinkable by the social mores of the day. Trouble is brewing; not just in the form of disapproving parents and a jealous suitor, but in the glowering presence of Mount Vesuvius. Dormant - but not for long.