Dit is die jaar 50 voor Christus. Gallie is geheel en al in Romeinse besit… Geheel en al? Nee! Een dorpie vol ontembare Galliers bied hardnekkig weerstand teen die invaller ... en maak die lewe moeilik vir die Romeinse legioensoldate wat laer trek in die vestingkampe Skinkirum, Aquarium, Hiersitwarum en Casarum...

After putting on a successful and sensual(?) show of food tasting at the garden banquet, Maomao is the talk of the palace! But she soon discovers that notoriety isn’t the only thing the party has granted her! Her collection of hairpins from the event brings the young herbalist a brief window of freedom beyond the palace walls, as she returns to the pleasure district for the first time in ten months! But while reunions with her father and her friends await, so too does another mystery…

After explaining to Jinshi the circumstances behind the poisoned cup at the garden party, Maomao returns home to the pleasure district for the first time in ten months, thanks to the ornate hairpin she received at the party. But there, she gets swept up in yet another mystery?!

Hierdie pragtig geillustreerde boek geskryf deur Ewald van Rensburg, is propvol inspirerende stories met kleurvolle karakters. Een hiervan is dapper Bomani, 'n baie spesiale meerkat wat jong kinders sal aanmoedig om anders te lewe terwyl hulle deur sy wonderlike avonture vermaak word. Die ideale boek vir ouers en versorgers van jong kinders. Daar is 3 verskillende stories. Na elke storie is daar ’n toepassing, ’n verwysing na ’n Bybelteks, ’n gebed asook ‘n prentjie-aktiwiteit.