The Cinderella Vessel

FROM THE BACKCOVER "But there was an artisan, once upon a time, who made a glass vial that couldn't be broken. On that account he was admitted to (Tiberius) Caesar with his gift; then he dashed it upon the floor, when Caesar handed it back to him. The Emperor was greatly startled, but the artisan picked the vial up off the pavement, and it was dented, just like a brass bowl would have been! He took a little hammer out of his tunic and beat out the dent without any trouble." -Petronius,The Satyricon After some age, we wistfully dream of being young again. But would you willingly trade a year of the rest of your life to regain one day of youthfulness? Lauren Drake makes such an exchange through a recently gained 2,000-year-old glass cup, hoping to revitalize her crumbling marriage. However, she finds the benefits of fleeting youth come at a price far greater than she ever anticipated. To help her control the vessel's great power, Lauren enlists the aid of Dr. Taylor Simms, a professor of religious studies at Boston College. Dr. Simms is astonished to learn the ancient artifact cannot just restore the body but also regenerate the soul. The Cinderella Vessel offers a modern perspective on the ancient myths of the Fountain of Youth and the unbreakable glass vial made for Tiberius Caesar, the Roman emperor responsible for the appointment of Pontius Pilate to his post in Judea. ABOUT THE AUTHOR In addition toThe Cinderella Vessel, Robert Lerner has published An Accidental Prophet, and as part of Multi-Media Publications' Lessons From History Series, three non-fiction books that interweave Ancient Roman business practices with the modern workplace - Entrepreneurship and Ethics in Ancient Rome: The Management Lessons of Pliny the Younger, Career Turbulence: Ancient Lessons for Survival in the Modern Workplace and Customer Acquisition Strategies: Modern Lessons from Ancient Rome's Greatest Entrepreneurs.