Peace of the Dying In the ancient port city of Ostia, Theocles a wealthy sailor sacrificed his first child Cirrus to a temple before his birth. In company of the treasured child was a blessing and a curse upon his household, the fate and true identity of the child remains a mystery both to him and the temple. The temple was troubled when they discover a mystifying power behind the child which stirred a battle between the altar and the sacrificed. The story is an adventure, a riddle and a journey unraveling the true power and fate of the sacrificed. Plotted on the map of the ancient Mediterranean world, The Altar and The Sacrificed Peace of the dying] is a brainteaser, a mystery of a god sacrificed on an altar beneath him, a struggle against fate and flesh, blood and prophesies.