New Directions – Part II

The story takes place about twelve years before the events of Murder in-absentiaand during 79CE in Rome (wellafter the events of Nemesisby Lindsey Davis).

This story is fan-fiction. Marcus Didisu Falco is Lindsey Davis, and Gordianus the Finder is Steven Saylor.Bothare used without permission but with much love and admiration.

Make sure to read Part I first.

Rome, 68 AD

I woke up naked on a side of a hill, above a proper road. Behind me was a volcanic peak similar to Vergu, and off to the...