Medicus, the first in the Ruso series, finds him in cold, rainy Britannia. Ruso joined the army to stave off his family’s financial ruin and put distance between himself and his ex-wife only to find that things are no less complicated in Britannia than they were at home. Perhaps they are even more so. He saves a slave girl and is reluctantly pulled in to investigate the deaths of several prostitutes. The slave girl, Tilla, continues to provide complications for Ruso, but will also give his new life new spark.