The quest for Desiderata starts in Rome in 1964, but soon leads to the German town of Trier, where Daisy and Contini continue their research. In AD 67 the Christians went through yet another period of persecution, and Desi found it hard to decide on who’s side she wanted to be and what she intended to do with her life. Would she find love? Did she become a Christian?

The last days that Daisy Hayes spent in Rome in 1964 were quite exciting. She and Father Contini went back to the crypt and made some disturbing discoveries. Not about Desiderata herself, but about the archaeologist who had investigated the place in the thirties. The quest now led them to the German town of Trier, where they teamed up again in the fall of that same year to continue their research.

In AD 67 things were looking good for Desi and the Pomponius family in their beautiful domus: they lived like princes. But as her friends the Christians went through yet another period of persecution, the blind young woman found it hard to decide on whose side she wanted to be and what she intended to do with her life. Would she ever find love?

So both she and Daisy ended up trying to grapple with the greatest riddle of all: “Who are you really, Desiderata?” And what’s more, did she become a Christian in the end?

"Once again Nick Aaron delights in taking everything you think you know and turning it on its head. Then he makes you ask for more. Disturbingly addictive."