I think it was in high school and I grabbed the book off a shelf at Borders because of a gift card I had. Soon both Ruso's and Tilla's lives are in jeopardy, as is the future of their burgeoning romantic relationship. It was years ago that I read the first book in this series, Medicus. Terra Incognita shines light on a remote corner of the ancient. Worse, he is honour bound to try to prove the man innocent - and the Army wrong - by finding another suspect. Soon both Ruso s and Tilla s lives are in jeopardy, as is the future of their burgeoning romance. Ruso, unwillingly involved in the investigation of the murder, is appalled to find that Tilla is still spending time with the lover.

Soon they find that Tilla's tribespeople are being encouraged to rebel against Roman control by a mysterious leader known as the Stag Man, and her former lover is implicated in the grisly murder of a soldier. Bloomsbury, 23.95 (384pp) ISBN 978-1-59691-232-8 A judicious use of humor and a memorable protagonist lift.

Not only is he going to the hinterlands of the hinterlands, but it his slave Tilla's homeland and she has some scores to settle there. BUY THIS BOOK Terra Incognita: A Novel of the Roman Empire Ruth Downie. She is married with two sons and lives in Devon, England. Ruth Downie Terra Incognita: A Novel of the Roman Empire (The Medicus Series Book 2) Kindle Edition by Ruth Downie (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 499 ratings Book 2 of 8: The Medicus Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. After getting involved with the murders of local prostitutes in the town of Deva, Doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso needs to get out of town, so has volunteered for a posting with the Army on the volatile border where the Roman-controlled half of Britannia meets the independent tribes of the North. Ruth Downie is the author of the New York Times bestselling Medicus, Terra Incognita, Persona Non Grata, and Caveat Emptor. It is spring in the year of 118, and Hadrian has been Emperor of Rome for less than a year.

Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie