2022/090: Dawn Wind -- Rosemary Sutcliff

2022/090: Dawn Wind -- Rosemary Sutcliff

'...British gone wild, like dogs that run away to hunt in the woods.’
Owain felt clammily sick. To be here in the dark hiding from Saxon raiders was no more than physical danger; to be here hiding from one’s own kind, broken men turned wolf pack, was a hideous thing, an uncleanness like leprosy. [p. 77]

Reread after finishing Dark Earth, which also depicts life in the ruins of a Roman city after the Romans have left. I hadn't read Dawn Wind since at least 2005, and had forgotten much of the plot: the scenes in the crumbling remains of Viroconium are actually only a small part of the story.( Read more... )