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The sequels to Roma Mater are, in order, Gallicenae, Dahut, and The Dog and the Wolf. So captivating is the first book that many readers will feel compelled to read the others. Like Roma Mater, Gallicenae is a lyrical book, with finely descriptive prose and fully developed characters. It shows Gratillonius finally maturing into full command of his skills, and he learns to distinguish between what is truly good for Rome and what is good only for its leaders. Dahut is the most suspenseful of the books.

Readers of the previous books will be well aware of the powers of the main characters, save for Dahut herself, who has a mysterious potential to change the world. Even at her birth, some of the Nine saw her as the end of the old world and the beginning of a new one.

In this novel, Gratillonius is threatened...
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