Bloodlines, the prequel to The Tarsean Trinity, is a fast paced action adventure set during the reign of Herod The Great. The turmoil, war, greed, and lust, of this violent age fill its pages, transporting the reader onto the stage as it was set at the beginning of the Christian era. This is a tale of Herod's bloody rise to power as a vassal of Octavian Caesar. Rome itself reverberates with treachery, murder, and adultery. Within this brutal age an innocent young girl, the daughter of the last legitimate king of Judea, is secretly raised by a rural rabbi and his wife. The child is being hidden from Herod who would kill her if he suspected her existence.