Doctor Gaius Ruso is serving with the Roman Legion in Britannica when two unexpected things happen: the body of an unknown woman is brought to his hospital when no one else is available to take responsibility of it and he acquires a female slave when he saves her from a beating in the street. Ruso reluctantly becomes embroiled in the mystery of the dead woman while also trying to control and communicate with his new slave.

I don't know much about this period of history, so I'm not sure how historically accurate this is. Downie's book immediately captured my interest and I found it to be extremely interesting. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series.