It is spring in the year 118 and Hadrian has been emperor of Rome for less than a year. After his long and reluctant investigation of the murders of a handful of local prostitutes Gaius Petreius Ruso needs to get out of town. With that in mind he has volunteered for a posting with the army in the far reaches of Britannia-a calmer place for a tired man.
But the edge of the Roman Empire is a volatile place; the independent tribes of the North dwell near its borders. These hinterlands are the homeland of Ruso's slave Tilla who has scores of her own to settle there: Her tribespeople under the leadership of the mysterious Stag Man are fomenting a rebellion against Roman control; and her former lover is implicated in the grisly murder of a soldier. Ruso once again unwillingly pulled into the murder investigation is appalled to find that Tilla is still spending time with the prime suspect. Worse he is honor-bound to try to prove the man innocent--and the army wrong-by finding another culprit. Soon both Ruso's and Tilla's lives are in jeopardy as is the future of their burgeoning romance.
Terra Incognita shines light on a remote corner of the ancient world where Ruso's luck is running short-again.
