<p>In ancient Rome, a terrible plague is sweeping the city. People are suffering, and there seems to be no relief in sight. Rather than wait around for Death to come for them, three friends—Martianus, Corvina, and Paulus—decide to take matters into their own hands. They devise an audacious scheme to save the city by capturing and defeating Death himself!</p>

<p>However, they are about to find out that beating Death at his own game can be trickier than they imagined, and sometimes things don't go according to plan...</p>

<p>Based on Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale," this classic crime story contains many twists and turns which will leave you in suspense until the very last page.</p>

<p><ul><li>Level: Beginner Mid</li><li>Total Words: 2114</li><li>Word Forms: 381</li><li>Headwords: 175</li></ul><p>Storybase Books publishes books that help beginners learn Latin and Greek by reading. Our novellas use limited vocabulary to tell engaging stories that are accessible to novice- and intermediate-level readers. Meanings for many words are provided in footnotes, and a full index of all words, word forms, and phrases is included in each novella. Readers can thus read each novella on their own, with others, or with a class.</p>