Part One: NEX [death, usually violent death: murder]
Part Two: NOXIA [a fault or offense: a crime]
Part Three: NOX [the goddess Night, sister of Eros; blindness; gloom]
Part Four: NEXUS [a binding or tying together]
Listed below are some significant events preceding the action of The Venus Throw, which begins in mid-January, 56 B.C.
Gordianus in Alexandria.