Chapter Eleven
A WEEK LATER, DR. BERTI arranged for an interview with the Hercules, for me and Tony. He’d agreed to meet us near the Aventine, while representatives from the Houses were still in the area. Which was good, because pretty much no one would consent to us heading into the Hercules’ territory.
The Hercules had been provided quarters around the base of the Aventine, near an old temple dedicated to the original Hercules. Pradip told us that there were still some hard feelings about the House of Remus claiming the Aventine after the Boom, as the Hercules had wanted to claim the nearby temple and the Forum Boarium—where the original Hercules had his cattle stolen, before killing the responsible party. The current Hercules offered to meet with us right in front of that temple. It m
