Terra incognita ruth downie6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() As they travel, they hear rumors of an antlered messenger of the native god Cernunnos, dubbed the Stag Man by the Romans. ![]() Of course, Tilla manages to get into all kinds of trouble en route, in addition to helping the camp followers as a midwife. Ruso asked for the assignment in order to safely escort Tilla back to her homeland - she was sold into slavery after a raid by a neighboring tribe slaughtered her family. ![]() 118, Ruso, Tilla (now his housekeeper) and his scribe Albanus accompany a Twentieth Legion contingent north to the borderlands. He bought a young female slave (Tilla) with a broken arm from her abusive owner, and together they solved the mystery of murders in a local whorehouse. A divorced Roman army doctor born in Gaul, Ruso had joined his friend Valens at a Twentieth Legion outpost in the Britannia port of Deva (now Chester). Her first book introduced readers to Gaius Petreius Ruso. T erra Incognita follows Medicus in Ruth Downie's excellent new mystery series set in Roman Britain. Terra Incognita: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie ![]()
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