Alastair Macleod 
Return of The Salmon 
A story from Pictland

It is around 400 AD. Rome is still paramount in Britain. From behind Hadrian’s Wall forays are still made into the north. But Roman power is being undermined; on the continent of Europe German tribes are pushing down not only in the west through Gaul but also in the east, crossing through the Alps into northern Italy. A young Pictish girl and a highborn maiden are captured and sold into slavery by Roman slavers.