Ian Ross

Published Roman novels: 6

Website: ianjamesross.com
Twitter: @ianrossauthor
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Current Roman novels:

1. War at the Edge of the World (Twilight of Empire series: book 1 of 6)

Centurion Aurelius Castus – once a soldier in the elite legions of the Danube – believes his glory days are over, as he finds himself in the cold, grey wastes of northern Britain, battling to protect an empire in decline. Here he must face the barbarians beyond Hadrian's Wall, in a mission riven with bloodshed and treachery. Can Castus keep his promise to a woman he has sworn to help? And is anything about this doomed enterprise what it seems?

Paperback: Latest edition: 2018 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1788542739 Pages: 416 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Hardcover: Latest edition: 2015 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784081126 Pages: 416 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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2. Swords Around the Throne (Twilight of Empire series: book 2 of 6)

Rome is in peril. The old order is changing - and Centurion Aurelius Castus has been summoned back from Britain, to find himself caught up in a treasonous conspiracy threatening to bring down the Emperor Constantine. Rewarded for saving the emperor's life in battle, Castus is promoted to the Corps of Protectores, the elite imperial bodyguard. The swords around the throne. But he soon discovers the court to be as dangerous as the battlefield; behind the gilded facade of empire, there are spiralling plots, betrayals and seductions. A nest of traitors. And one relentless enemy.

Paperback: Latest edition: 2018 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1788542746 Pages: 432 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Hardcover: Latest edition: 2015 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784081164 Pages: 416 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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3. Battle for Rome (Twilight of Empire series: book 3 of 6)

The Roman Empire is on the brink of civil war. Only Maxentius, tyrant of Rome, stands between the emperor Constantine and supreme power in the west. Aurelius Castus, promoted from the ranks for valour and loyalty, is now a tribune in Constantine's army. But great honour brings new challenges: Castus is tormented by suspicions that his aristocratic wife, the mother of his child, has been unfaithful. And as Constantine becomes increasingly devoted to Christianity, Castus is forced to ask himself whether he is backing the wrong man. All know that the coming war will decide the fate of empire. But Castus's own battle will carry him much further - into the shadowy realms of treachery at the heart of Rome itself.

Paperback: Latest edition: 2018 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1788542753 Pages: 464 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Hardcover: Latest edition: 2016 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784081201 Pages: 416 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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4. Mask of Command (Twilight of Empire series: book 4 of 6)

When a treacherous act of murder throws the western provinces into turmoil, Aurelius Castus is ordered to take command of the military forces on the Rhine. But he soon discovers that the frontier is a place where the boundaries between civilisation and barbarism, freedom and slavery, honour and treason have little meaning. At the very heart of the conflict are two vulnerable boys. One is Emperor Constantine's young heir, Crispus. The other is Castus's own beloved son, Sabinus. Only Castus stands between them and men who would kill them. With all that he loves in danger, Castus and a handful of loyal men must fight to defend the Roman Empire. But in the heat of battle, can he distinguish friend from enemy?

Paperback: Latest edition: 2017 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784975272 Pages: 464 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Hardcover: Latest edition: 2017 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784975258 Pages: 416 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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5. Imperial Vengance (Twilight of Empire series: book 5 of 6)

Aurelius Castus is one of the leading military commanders of an empire riven by civil war. As the emperor Constantine grows ever more ruthless in his pursuit of power, Castus fears that the world he knows is slipping away. On the eve of the war's final campaign, Castus discovers that the emperor's son Crispus aims to depose his father and restore the old ways of Rome. Castus must choose between honour and survival, and face a final confrontation with the most powerful man in the Roman world, the ruler he has sworn loyally to serve: the emperor Constantine himself.

Paperback: Latest edition: 2018 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784975319 Pages: 480 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Hardcover: Latest edition: 2018 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784975296 Pages: 416 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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6. Triumph in Dust (Twilight of Empire series: book 6 of 6)

When the simmering conflict between Rome and Persia threatens once again to ignite into open war, there is only one man the Emperor Constantine can trust to hold the eastern frontier. Aurelius Castus, retired general of the empire, has fought long and hard for Rome. When the summons comes to command an army once more, he obeys with a heavy heart. Is he still the fearsome fighting machine of old? Will his young, ambitious officers respect and follow a great soldier of former days? But when tragedy strikes the imperial household, Castus must race to defend the last bulwark standing against the might of Persia. In the pitiless heat of the Syrian desert, engulfed by whirling sandstorms and facing a fearless, treacherous foe, Castus knows that the fight ahead will be the fiercest he has ever known, and will very probably be his last.

Paperback: Latest edition: 2019 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784975357 Pages: 480 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Hardcover: Latest edition: 2019 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784975333 Pages: 416 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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