3rd Century
Legends of Persia | Son of the Moon
These two books are sequels to The Road to Alexander, reviewed in the November 2017 issue of Historical Novels Review.…
Fire and Sword: Throne of the Caesars, Book 3
In 238 AD, the Roman Empire is in chaos. Co-emperors Gordian the Elder and his son have both been killed…
Blood & Steel: Throne of the Caesars
In 238 AD, twenty-one months after Maximinus Thrax becomes Emperor of Rome, two men in Carthage, Gordian the Younger, a…
The Earthly Gods
273 AD. Imperial Agent Cassius Corbulo is about to throw away a promising career. His bodyguard, Indavara, has been kidnapped,…
Twilight of Empire III: Battle for Rome
Battle for Rome is the third novel in Ian Ross’ Twilight of Empire series, following Constantine’s rise to power from…
The Medicus Codex
When Aaron, a Galilean Jew, leaves his homeland for Rome, he knows he aims high in seeking to become a…
Zenobia
Readers of Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire will probably recall one of its most interesting side-stories,…
Zenobia: Challenging a Legend
“Complicating Zenobia’s life is a budding romance with her brilliant and charismatic instructor. The challenge: he is the scholar, she…
Daughter of Sand and Stone
At seventeen, Zenobia bat-Zabbai of 3rd-century Palmyra is old enough to wed, but none of the prospective suitors meets her…
The Better of Two Men
This is the third in the Overlord series and although it can be read as a standalone story, enjoyment would…
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