1st Century
Thief of Corinth
After years under the oppressive yoke of her grandfather’s and mother’s expectations, Ariadne runs away to her father’s house in…
Tabor: The First Christian
When the star appears in Bethlehem to announce Jesus’s miraculous birth, Tabor is just a baby. His parents befriend Joseph…
Fire in the Year of Four Emperors
This riveting novel is set in 1st-century Rome following Nero’s rule. Galba, the governor of Spain, declares himself emperor. Four…
Retribution
Retribution is the third and final instalment of Riches’ trilogy covering the Batavian revolt of 69 AD, aka the Year…
Kingdom of the Wicked Book One: Rules
Helen Dale’s first novel, The Hand that Signed the Paper, won Australia’s Miles Franklin Award; she was the youngest recipient…
Pandora’s Boy
This is another story in the Falco series set in Rome in the first century AD. It concerns Falco’s daughter,…
The Soldier Who Killed a King
It’s Holy Week of AD 30 in Jerusalem. Roman centurion Marcus Longinus, on remote duty along with his wife and…
Caligula
Everyone knows his name, and everyone thinks they know what he did while Emperor. This is an account from his…
The Transmigrant
Uneducated but passionate with love for God, the young Jesus yearns to be a teacher, a Rabbi, to touch others…
Day of the Caesars
Day of the Caesars is the latest novel in Simon Scarrow’s long-running Eagles of the Empire series, set in the…
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