They are connected by a girl—a researcher risking her life for secret information from the past! She, like all of us, wants to know the truth about historical events—was it really true? After all, many now doubt whether human history was as we know it from school textbooks. The characters in the novel “The Crown of Time” are each good and compelling in their own way! I especially liked the character of the Roman Emperor Marcus Crassus. I immediately imagined him in my mind, even without looking at the photo offered in the promotional ad on the website. He is handsome, sexy, romantic, but what does his past hold? What did he give up for title and glory? After all, danger always follows him. He wants to stop, change, become a better person, but his responsibilities to the Empire and the net of vice have already entangled him tightly. Will he be able to escape, or is it already impossible? The book’s other characters are no less charismatic—each one conceals their own story, their own weakness, and their own fire. It’s best to get to know them firsthand: step by step, chapter by chapter, as they begin to reveal themselves as if confiding their deepest secrets. And suddenly, it’s impossible to predict what will prevail: all-consuming love or the endless pursuit of pleasure; death lurking at every crossroads of fate, or the unstoppable thirst for life that drives the characters forward even when all seems lost. Welcome to the Lemetz brothers’ debut novel, where every choice is a blow to the heart, every action a test, and each character has the potential to surprise you more than the last.