Much blood is flowing again! Forget bandages, plasters and aspirin, the astrologer has got a more unusual approach.

Diced mice not to your taste? Then call Petro, an experienced physician. Cool, calm and clinical, in a crisis this doctor is as steady as a rock.

Wondering why Barbillus trusts astrologers? A tale from his past reveals their eerie ability to predict when a storm is brewing.

The astrologer is unhappy at Barbillus' trust of the doctor Petro. He devises a plan to outdo his rival. More dastardly than Death on the Nile, more entertaining than ER!

Hocus pocus ... the astrologer tries his cure; and a last request ... Quintus is sent on a mission to a northerly, faraway land. Mission Impossible? Find out in Book III! This wax-tablet will self-destruct in 5 seconds...