![]() ![]() The skill of the fighters, the grace of the tigers, all of it is punctuated by acts of savagery. This novel, which is the first of a trilogy (yay!), follows Amara as she does whatever it takes to change her fate. However, Amara hasn't just accepted the misfortune which life has thrown her, and wants more than anything to be free. She ended up as a prostitute in Pompeii, and works at the Wolf Den with four other women. The novel follows the point of view of Amara, a greek woman born into a middle-class family, who had to be sold after her father died. The term ‘lupanar’ could mean both brothel or wolf den and the term ‘lupa’ could be used for both a she-wolf, or a prostitute. The Wolf Den is a novel by Elodie Harper which is set in Pompeii in the first century CE in Pompeii’s lupanar which is the brothel of the ancient city. ![]()
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