Inceptio (Roma Nova Thriller, #1) (Roma Nova, #1)

by Alison Morton

Hunted by a killer, New Yorker Karen Brown is rescued by arrogant special forces officer Conrad Tellus and flees with him to her mother's mysterious homeland in Europe, centuries old Roma Nova. But the killer reaches into her new home. Pushed back on her own resources, she undergoes intensive training, develops fighting skills and becomes an undercover cop. Crazy with bitterness at his past failures, the killer sets a trap, knowing Karen has no choice but to spring it...

• ISBN13: 9781781320624
• Publish Date: 1 March 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 21 November 2023
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: SilverWood Books Ltd
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 316
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

Could have done with some help to make the transitions work between scenes a little better as the whiplash between them was a bit unsmooth for me, but overall I enjoyed it.

A story of an alternative world where a Roman colony survived the downfall of Rome and became a power in it's own right. It's matrilineal and just that little bit different from our world. Into this world comes Karen Brown, whose mother was from Roma Nova but she lives in New York as an advertising executive, working with the Conservancy Corps until she intervenes in an altercation and everything changes. Suddenly her life is turned upside down, she's under stress from a government enforcer, her only choice is to run, to Roma Nova where she finds a new direction in life as she is one of the privelidged.

She discovers something about her rescuer, Conrad Tellus and this isolates her somewhat, but she's finding that life in Roma Nova is full of surprises.

I found that she coped with the culture shock quite quickly, and the aforementioned scene whiplash broke the smoothness of the read but I still want to read more.