Life's now tough for Nicolaos, the only investigating agent in ancient Athens. His girlfriend's left him and his boss wants to fire him. But when an Athenian official is murdered, the brilliant statesman Pericles has no choice but to put Nico on the job. Yet to solve the crime, Nico must uncover a secret that could not only destroy Athens, but will force him to choose between love, ambition and his own life. The Ionia Sanction is part of Gary Corby's acclaimed classical mystery series.