Out today : new titles by Tim Leach and Adam Lofthouse

Today sees the publication of two new fiction titles set in Ancient Rome. First up, we have Adam Lofthouse's Valentia, his fifth novel in the genre, independently published and available in paperback and ebook.

Adam Lofthouse - Valentia

Meet Tribune Sixtus Victorinus. Drunken soldier. Absent father. Unlikely hero.

Wall of Hadrian, Britannia, AD 367. It’s just another day, until it isn’t. Tribune Sixtus Victorinus is scouting north of the Wall when he first sees the smoke. Little does he know it’s about to change his life forever. Riding south he finds a province in chaos, the local populace in flight, the soldiers absent. For rebellion is in the air at the far reaches of empire. The land is ablaze, overrun with barbarians, ‘Valentia’, is the word on everyone’s lips. And no one seems to have the first clue what to do about it. And so Victorinus must act. He has let his life run to ruin, drunk his youth away. Now he must forge himself into the soldier he always wanted to be, the hero his children think he is. Because his family are among the missing, and traitors lurk much closer than he could ever believe.

To save his family, he must first save an empire.

Paperback: Latest edition: 2022 Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 979-8445997894 Pages: 327 Availability & latest prices:

Kindle: Latest edition: 2022 Publisher: Independently Published Availability & latest prices:

Also today, we see the publication by Head of Zeus of The Iron Way, the follow up to one of my favourite reads last year, The Winter War. The Iron Way is available now in hardcover, ebook and audiobook, with the paperback due out in April next year.

Tim Leach - The Iron Way

The second book in the Sarmatian trilogy and follow up to A Winter War which we loved. Cast to the edge of the Empire, the Sarmatian army must fight in defence of Rome in the second of a new trilogy set in the second century AD, from the author of Smile of the Wolf. In the hard, unforgiving land at the northernmost point of the Roman Empire lies a great wall. Once, the edge had been but a thing of thought and dreams, but one day the great Emperor from across the water had grown tired of borders made from thoughts and dreams. So, a wall was raised from the earth at his command. From afar, it looked invincible. Yet every wall has its weaknesses – if one looks close enough. In its shadow, gather five thousand fearsome soldiers. Men bred to fight and kill. The Sarmatians have suffered capture and defeat, but under a new command they are prepared to fight again. For of the other side of the wall there are rumours. Of men closer to giants, of warriors who fight without fear or restraint. And the Sarmatians are called to defend against them. To stand and fight, to die for Rome.

Hardcover: Publication date: 4 August 2022 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1800242890 Pages: 400

Paperback: Publication date: April 2023 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1800242913 Pages: 320

Kindle: Publication date: 4 August 2022 Publisher: Head of Zeus

Audiobook: Publication date: 4 August 2022 Narrator: Gordon Griffin Length: 9 hrs 51 mins

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