What Happens in Pompeii is the story of a modern-day history
teacher who suddenly finds himself swept backward through time to Pompeii in 78
A.D., one year before the Big Bang. Armed only with his high-school Latin and
two millennia of the world’s greatest scholars to draw upon, Joe changes his
name to “Io” (since there is no J in Latin) and becomes the talk of the town
with his scholarly teachings, mostly drawn from pop culture references. (For
example, he greets people by saying “Vita longa et brevis,” which means “live
long and prosper” in Latin. And of course, when asked about its origin, Io
simply explains that it’s a blessing from the god Vulcan.)
I wanted to choose an appropriate date to go live, so What
Happens in Pompeii will be available on Amazon starting on March 15th… the Ides
of March. Beware, Caesar!