Adventure
The Emerald Storm
In 1803, American adventurer Ethan Gage becomes involved in Caribbean island intrigue when a renegade former French police officer and…
Hellfire
This is the fourth wartime novel from author James Holland to feature the rough and ready Jack Tanner, an uncompromising…
The Siege
270 AD. Queen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned on her erstwhile master, Rome. She has sent her armies across Arabia,…
A Ship of War
The Terror is at its height. Charles Hayden, captain of HMS Themis, is on the point of setting sail for…
The Last Caesar
Editors' choice
This story of the uprising against the emperor Nero in AD 68 is in the form of a memoir by…
Empire of the Moghul: The Tainted Throne
1606. It is five months since the death of the Moghul emperor Akbar, and his son Jahangir is crowned as…
The Map of Lost Memories
Fay’s debut novel begins in Shanghai in 1925, the second part takes place in Saigon, and the third is set…
The Leopard Sword
Marcus Valerius Aquila returns in this the fourth of the Empire series. Continuing to use the pseudonym of Marcus Tribulus…
Spy for the Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots has sometimes been criticised as vain and foolish, but this fascinating account of her reign does…
Hard Country
The Western often suffers from literary snobbishness, but good authors of the genre, like Michael McGarrity, know their era and…
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