Steve Donoghue
City of Refuge
Diana Wilder’s Police Commander Khonsu joins the surprisingly crowded ranks of fictional ancient Egyptian protagonists who are working stiffs, but…
Curse of the Cobra
Set in the ancient Egypt of 1323 BC, Curse of the Cobra is the story of a boy named Ramses…
Marching with Caesar: Conquest of Gaul
In R. W. Peake’s long, dense, utterly absorbing book Marching with Caesar: Conquest of Gaul, readers follow the story of…
Children of Apollo
Children of Apollo is the first book in a series featuring a grizzled but hopeful veteran of the third century…
None But the Brave
Editors' choice
Goodman’s latest novel uses the lives of a few men and women to dramatize the perils and heroism of the…
Angel of Highgate
Although Entwhistle’s debut novel takes place in nineteenth-century London and features a louche, irresponsible lord as its narrative focus, it’s…
Strategos: Born in the Borderlands
As in Doherty’s superb novel Legionary, so too in Strategos: the story is set during a period of Roman history…
Khamsin: The Devil Wind of the Nile
Editors' choice
Borg’s exceptional novel Khamsin takes its name from the “devil wind” that ravages ancient Egypt for fifty days during the…
The King Must Die
Sasson’s problematically titled latest (no matter how good the book is, does the author really want to invite explicit comparison…
The Feather of Ma’at
Mauborgne’s story is set in the Alexandria of the 3rd century BC in a tangle of intrigue. Young and exceedingly…
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