Fifteen-year-old Beric feels increasingly bitter isolation when, because of his Roman birth, he is cast out by the Celtic tribe that raised him and, after reaching a Roman settlement, he is sold into slavery and sentenced to serve in a galley for the rest of his life.Cast out because of his Roman birth by the Celtic tribe that raised him, fifteen-year-old Beric, after reaching a Roman settlement, is sold into slavery and sentenced to serve in a galley for the rest of his life