However, it may lead readers to desire to become familiar with the others: “Medicus,” “Terra Incognita,” “Persona Non Grata,” “Caveat Emptor” and “Semper Fidelis. “Tabula Rasa” is a gripping read from beginning to end, and familiarity with the other books in the series is not a requirement. FREE delivery Mon, Dec 12 on 25 of items shipped by Amazon. Ruso and Tilla, together and separately, try to discover who would have abducted the boy, and whether there really is a body, before fighting breaks out again between the Britons and the Romans. The Romans are upset because rumors that a body has been hidden in the wall may prevent its completion, and they don’t want a conflict with the locals. She is married with two sons and lives in. The Britons are outraged, since it appears a soldier may have taken the boy. In 2004, Ruth Downie won the Fay Weldon section of BBC3s End of Story competition Medicus is her first novel. The boy, Branan, is Senecio’s youngest son. Then a native boy disappears after word gets out that he may have witnessed someone hiding a body inside a section of Hadrian’s Wall that had since been completed. Before the search, the leader of the native family had promised to sanctify Ruso and Tilla’s marriage on the upcoming night of Samhain (modern-day Halloween), but the bad feelings that follow the search pretty much shut that possibility down, much to Tilla’s distress. Complicating matters further is that the home of Senecio and his family is among those ransacked, and Senecio appears to be a relative or friend of a relative of Ruso’s wife, Tilla.
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