Edition |
Unabridged. |
Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (720 min.)) : digital |
Series |
A Gaius Ruso mystery ; [2] |
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Downie, Ruth, 1955-
Medicus investigation series. Spoken word ; 2.
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Performer |
Read by Simon Vance. |
Summary |
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. |
Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Added Author |
Vance, Simon.
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Added Title |
hoopla (Digital media service)
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ISBN |
9781400126675 (sound recording) (hoopla Audio Book) |
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1400126673 (sound recording) (hoopla Audio Book) |
Music No. |
MWT10756995 |
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