Concealed in a quiet corner of England, a community of escaped slaves from the dissolved Roman Empire thrives in its obscurity.When turiums discover their way of life is at risk from a human's money-making scheme, how can they survive? How can they fight back against the giants who cannot be allowed to know they exist? An accidental heroine, Alana Sermo emerges from this ancient civilisation in a modern tale of David and Goliath.