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Current Roman novels:
1. The Last Legion
As the Western Roman Empire begins to collapses in 470AD, a small band of British Roman soldiers make a long and arduous journey to Rome. They arrive to find the city on the edge of chaos, over-run with rebellion, not far from destruction. Despite the tumultuous events around them, they resolve to continue their mission; to keep the spirit of Empire alive by rescuing the young son of the last Emperor, Romulus Augustus.
A daring rescue ensures and, hearing rumours of an entire Legion of the Roman Army that has remained loyal to Rome, they begin a trek across Northern Europe to find them. By finding the Legion, and establishing the boy as the legitimate Emperor, the Romans believe an uprising can be launched and the Empire revived.But the journey is futile, the Legion is nowhere to be found and quickly they begin to lose heart. Deciding to turn back to Britain, they cross the channel in defeat, little knowing the mysterious revelations and magical destinies that await them on their return.
Paperback:
 Latest edition: 2014 Publisher: Pan ISBN: 978-1447271413 Pages: 449 Availability and latest price on Amazon:  |
Hardcover:
 Latest edition: 2003 Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 978-0007136896 Pages: 432 Availability and latest price on Amazon: |
Kindle:
File size: 732kb Publisher: Macmillan Availability and latest price on Amazon: |
2. The Ides of March
March, 44 BC. Rome, in all her glory, has expanded her territories beyond the wildest dreams of her citizens, led by Caius Julius Caesar ― Pontifex Maximus, dictator perpetuo, invincible military leader and only fifty-six years old. He is a man in command of his destiny, who wields enormous power throughout the vast empire. However his god-given mission – to end the blood-splattered fratricidal wars, reconcile implacably hostile factions and preserve Roman civilization and world order – is teetering dangerously close to collapse… His power is draining away. None of his supporters can stop the inexorably evolving plot against him and prophecy will explode into truth on the Ides of March and the world will change forever.
Paperback:
 Latest edition: 2015 Publisher: Pan ISBN: 978-1447276968 Pages: 289 Availability and latest price on Amazon: |
Hardcover:
 Latest edition: 2009 Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 978-0230714564 Pages: 288 Availability and latest price on Amazon: |
Kindle:
File size: 944kb Publisher: Macmillan Availability and latest price on Amazon: |
3. Empire of Dragons
Southern Anatolia, 260 AD. The town of Edessa, a Roman outpost, is on its last legs, besieged by the Persian troops of Shapur I. Roman Emperor Licinius Valerianus agrees to meet his adversary to draw up a peace treaty, but it is only a trap and the Emperor and his twelve guards are chained and dragged away to work as prisoners in a solitary Persian turquoise mine.
After months of forced labour the Emperor dies, but his guards make a daring escape lead by the heroic and enigmatic chief, Marcus Metellus Aquila. They meet a mysterious, exiled Chinese Prince, Dan Qing, and agree to safeguard his journey home to reconquest his throne from his mortal enemy, a eunuch named Wei.
Thus begins the adventures of the Romans and the Prince as they journey to China. There they will discover that they aren't the first of their kind to arrive in China: they were preceded centuries before by the survivors of the 'lost legion'.
Paperback:
 Latest edition: 2013 Publisher: Pan ISBN: 978-1447276739 Pages: 417 Availability and latest price on Amazon: |
Hardcover:
 Latest edition: 2006 Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 978-1405052009 Pages: 416 Availability and latest price on Amazon: |
Kindle:
File size: 2711kb Publisher: Macmillan Availability and latest price on Amazon: |
4. Wolves of Rome
Deep in a dark, foreboding forest, the Roman Empire will face its bloodiest test. 3 BC. Two wild Germanic brothers, Armin and Wulf, are held hostage in Rome to keep their father from rebelling against the Empire. As the years pass, they are moulded into ideal soldiers: brave, disciplined, ruthless. Attributes that are to be tested when a conspiracy arises, threatening their emperor and the Empire’s future . . .
As serving Roman soldiers, the brothers are separated at opposite ends of the Empire, each proving their bloody might on the battlefield. But Armin begins to realize that no matter how far he travels and how many lives he takes, he has an inescapable bond to his father, mother and the tribes of Germania. His goal: to unite them all under one banner.
Wulf, though, remains loyal to Rome and it soon becomes clear that both he and the might of the Roman Empire are the only obstacles standing between Armin and his dream of freedom for the Germanic people . . .
Paperback:
 Latest edition: 2019 Publisher: Pan ISBN: 978-1509878994 Pages: 433 Availability and latest price on Amazon: |
Kindle:
File size: 2149kb Publisher: Macmillan Availability and latest price on Amazon: |
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