"Fortune's Favorites" is the third novel in Colleen McCullough's famous "Lords of Rome" series, according to the author's plan, should be perceived not only as a continuation of the novels "First Man in Rome" and "Battle for Rome", but also as an independent work, completely finished and independent. At a turning point in history, a new generation of ambitious Romans enters into a struggle for power and greatness. The chosen ones, who are granted the protection of the gods from birth. The damned, languishing under the heavy burden of the dictates of fate in the heat of a furious battle for power, a battle in which so many of them are destined to be defeated. But among them there is one who majestically rises above all: a young man generously gifted with talents and beauty, whose an ambition unparalleled, whose life and love became a legend, whose glory is the glory of Rome itself. A young man who, by Fortune herself, was destined to glorify and elevate his already proud name - Caesar.