Alex Gough

Published Roman novels: 10

Website: romanfiction.com
Twitter: @Romanfiction
Goodreads: Alex Gough Author Page

Current Roman novels:

1. Emperor's Sword (Imperial Assassin series: book 1 of 6)

Roman scout Silus is deep behind enemy lines in Caledonia. As he spies on a raiding party, he is abruptly discovered by an enemy chief and his son. Mounting a one man ambush, everything quickly goes wrong. Silus must run for his life, the head of the enemy leader in his hands. Little does he know the price he will pay... As Silus is inducted into the Arcani, an elite faction of assassins and spies, he must return to Caledonia, back into the wilderness, and risk everything in the service of his Caesar. The odds don't look good. Failure is not an option.

Paperback: Latest edition: 2020 Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 978-1788638159 Pages: 352 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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2. Emperor's Knife (Imperial Assassin series: book 2 of 6)

Emperor Severus is on his deathbed. His sons Geta and Caracalla, feuding in Britannia, are readying for a devastating power struggle. Silus, now a centurion in the Arcani, the secretive network of spies and killers, is thrown into the maelstrom. Back in Rome, plots breed in the stinking alleys. Everyone might be an enemy. Everyone a traitor. As an Imperial Assassin, Silus's loyalty will be tested to breaking point. And with the Empire starting to buckle under the strain, Silus must ask what matters: Rome or his own damned soul? Better watch yourself...

Paperback: Latest edition: 2020 Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 978-1788638296 Pages: 352 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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3. Emperor's Axe (Imperial Assassin series: book 3 of 6)

After murdering his brother, and taking the position of Emperor for himself, Caracalla orders a brutal purge of the supporters of Geta. Meanwhile, Caracalla's ally Marcellus has his son suddenly kidnapped. But why Silus is ordered to track down and rescue the boy, rumoured to be Caracalla's child. As Rome buckles beneath the weight of slaughter, Silus will travel to the city of Alexandria. There he will need to risk everything to save the boy, the Empire and his own life...

Paperback: Latest edition: 2020 Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 978-1788638302 Pages: 352 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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4. Emperor's Spear (Imperial Assassin series: book 4 of 6)

On the Empire's Northern border trouble is stirring. For decades the barbarians have been at the gates. Now, facing threats from within as well as outside, the Emperor is provoking war. When his friend Atius goes missing in Germania, Imperial Assassin Silus is sent into the heart of the battle-torn region. Plunged into a deadly intrigue and a brutal conflict, can Silus find out who is betraying Rome? Or will the legions start falling, one by bloody one?

Paperback: Latest edition: 2021 Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 978-1800322165 Pages: 336 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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5. Emperor's Lion (Imperial Assassin series: book 5 of 6)

A single death could plunge the Empire into chaos.

Silus, member of Emperor Caracalla's elite assassins, the Arcani, is dispatched to Numidia. Rumours of assassination plots against Marcellus, the Emperor's closest aide, are rife. Silus must stop them. But the forces arrayed against the Arcani are now as powerful as they are clandestine.

Inducted into the Emperor’s bodyguard, his Lions, Silus soon discovers secrets that should have stayed hidden. And as the Emperor becomes ever more reckless in battle, Silus unearths a conspiracy that runs deeper than his worst nightmares.

It’s not clear who is a friend, and who an enemy. Yet come what may Silus must keep the Emperor alive or – yet again – watch the ones he loves die.

Paperback: Latest edition: 2022 Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 978-1800329010 Pages: 336 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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6. Emperor's Fate (Imperial Assassin series: book 6 of 6)

Caracalla is on the warpath. Time, he has decided, to put his enemies in their place. To invade the Parthians at the edge of the Empire. To destroy everything in his way.

For Imperial Assassin Silus, this is a time of crisis. Forced to guard the Emperor as part of his elite bodyguard, Silus knows that the situation is untenable. As everything threatens to crumble, Silus must make the ultimate choice… and face the ultimate sacrifice.

The question is simple: will he turn traitor, for the sake of the Empire and the sake of his conscience? Or is loyalty, and the life of his charge Tituria, more important? As innocents die, as blood flows, as the Roman legions march on an epic scale, one thing is clear. It’s decision time.

Paperback: Latest edition: 2022 Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 978-1800329034 Pages: 352 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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7. Watchmen of Rome (Carbo of Rome series: book 1 of 3)

Rome, AD 27. Gaius Valerius Carbo has returned to the heart of the Empire after 25 years serving in the legions. He just wants to retire in peace. But his friends are gone, his family are dead, and his home now belongs to someone else. When local thugs attack the tavern where he is resting, he finds himself caught up in the fight, and inadvertently becomes the new owner of the building - and the enemies that come with it.

His world is turned upside down when he is confronted with a face from his past. He had sworn to protect and look after his childhood friend Rufa after her father died alongside him in battle. But now she has been sold into slavery, and is on the run from her mistress, Elissa. Elissa is a powerful priestess who is organising a cult to try and destroy Rome from within. Mbr>
Can Carbo protect Rufa - and Rome - from Elissa’s evil plan? Or will her following be too strong for the Watchmen of Rome?

Paperback: Latest edition: 2014 Publisher: Independently published ISBN: 978-1500359478 Pages: 426 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Kindle: Latest edition: 2018 Publisher: Canelo Availability and latest price on Amazon:

8. Bandits of Rome (Carbo of Rome series: book 2 of 3)

Escaping the traumas of Rome for the quiet Italian countryside with those closest to him seems like the perfect solution to Carbo, but the rolling hills harbour a threat he could not have foreseen. When bandits attack, tragedy strikes and Carbo must overcome an evil conspiracy to save himself, his friends, and get the revenge he craves…

Paperback: Latest edition: 2015 Publisher: Independently published ISBN: 978-1515190172 Pages: 214 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Kindle: Latest edition: 2018 Publisher: Canelo Availability and latest price on Amazon:

9. Killer of Rome (Carbo of Rome series: book 3 of 3)

After years of captivity and torture by German barbarians, former legionary Cicurinus' ordeal should be over.

Hearing of the legendary Carbo, he returns to Rome to seek out this hero who might help to bring him balance. Instead he finds Carbo descending into alcoholism and gambling, a broken man who brutally rebuffs him.

Devastated and disgusted by the immoral city around him, Cicurinus, embarks on a rampage of slaughter through Rome's poor and downtrodden. And to hide his tracks, he frames Carbo for the crimes.

With everything at stake, can Carbo master his demons, clear his name, and stop the Killer of Rome?

Paperback: Latest edition: 2021 Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 978-1800325241 Pages: 336 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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10. Caesar's Soldier (Mark Anthony series book 1 of 4)

Who was the man that would become Caesar's lieutenant, Brutus' rival, Cleopatra's lover, and Octavian's enemy?

When his stepfather is executed for his involvement in the Catilinarian conspiracy, Mark Antony and his family are disgraced. His adolescence is marked by scandal and mischief, his love affairs are fleeting, and yet, his ambition is vast.

Antony's path to prosperity leads him to an education in Athens, a campaign for a seat in the Senate, and a position of military command. Undeterred by his baptism of fire on the battlefields of Judaea and Egypt, he climbs the ranks to become the right hand man of Rome’s most famous general, Julius Caesar.

The first of an epic new four book series, Caesar’s Soldier brings to life the world of one of history’s greatest warriors and romantics, as he becomes an integral part of the Roman Republic in its moment of glory and crisis.

Kindle: Latest edition: 2023 Publisher: Canelo Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Hardcover: Latest edition: 2023 Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 978-1804362075 Pages: 336 Availability and latest price on Amazon: