The Last Roman: Book II of Nine Oaths

The trail leads south-to a ruined frontier, a hidden order and a Roman name that should have died centuries ago. Astrid's trail does not end in Orkney. It runs south across a divided land, towards Hadrian's Wall and the name she feared enough to hide: Lucius.Two years after entering the House of Tides, Einar sets out with Sigurd, Aila, Yrsa and Fionn. Their journey carries them beyond the islands and into a world of border loyalties, old graves, coded messages and people who remember Rome differently. Every clue offers a possible answer. None can be trusted alone.At the Wall, the friends discover that the past did not vanish when an empire withdrew. It survived in fragments: in families, duties, objects and rules guarded by those who believe some truths are too dangerous to release. Einar's Echoes draw him closer, but their cost is rising-and a vision is not proof merely because it feels true.As Sigurd confronts the burden of inherited authority and Fionn's hidden obligations close around him, the five must decide whom they trust before others decide what their discoveries are worth. The Last Roman is a journey through the layered ruins of Britain and the second volume of The Nine Oaths, where archaeology becomes politics and friendship is tested far from home.