2nd Century
Ruso and the River of Darkness
The fourth novel in a series of historical mysteries set in the second century A.D., Caveat Emptor takes place in…
The Legion
Egypt. A group of renegade gladiators led by the psychotic Ajax, posing as Roman soldiers, are causing dissent and stirring…
The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles
It is pleasing to be able to report the re-issue of Rosemary Sutcliff’s trilogy, The Eagle of the Ninth, The…
Year of the Tiger
In 2nd-century China, the Great Wall is crumbling in parts, leaving the country open to barbarian invasion. Chinese soldiers have…
Requiem for a Slave: A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain
Citizen Libertus is a designer of decorative tiles for wealthy Romans living in the westernmost outpost of the Empire’s lands:…
The Hadrian Enigma: A Forbidden History
A fair-haired young man, dressed in rich ceremonial armor, is found dead in the Nile River. When he is identified,…
Arrows of Fury
Arrows of Fury continues the career of Marcus Valerius Aquila, condemned to die a dishonourable death by the Emperor Commodus…
Arrows of Fury
Arrows of Fury continues the career of Marcus Valerius Aquila, condemned to die a dishonourable death by the Emperor Commodus…
Empire: Wounds of Honour
Marcus Valerius is a young Roman aristocrat whose family is judicially murdered on a trumped-up treason charge. Keeping just ahead…
Roman Diary
The subtitle of this illustrated children’s book is “The Journal of Iliona of Mytilini, Who Was Captured and Sold as…
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