This novel takes place in an alternate history world where Germanicus survived, ousted a corrupt, decadent Tiberius, and restored the
Republic,which flourished for over a thousand years. It is also a fantasy world, where magic works, for a select few.
Berk opened his agency so he could make use of his magic talent for finding things. On the day he expanded his parameters to include missing persons he was presented with two cases that stymied his talent.
When Berk got up that morning in April he never imagined his day would end in the center of a labyrinth, surrounded by ancient stone walls, with cold rain pouring down on him from a black sky. A slab of raw meat filled the hole at his feet, but it wasn't beef or mutton or pork; last night it had been a young woman, laughing and dancing with her friends. Now it was a flayed corpse in a hole.
In the days that followed more women went missing without a trace, and a serial killer, The Skinner, began leaving more dead bodies on the streets of the city of Agrippina