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When the tyrannical Aulus Vitellius seizes the reins of power in Rome, the empire is already in the grip of a fierce civil war. But the new emperor's first priority is both personal and deeply symbolic: he plans to crush the Green chariot racing faction - the mortal enemies of his beloved Blues - at the Plebeian Games in the Circus Maximus. To save the Greens from certain extinction, two former charioteers have just twenty-six days to transport four champion chariot horses across the breadth of Europe to Rome.

In a world where two civilizations collide, the Aztec Empire is in turmoil as they face invasion from an advanced people. Their Emperor, Tzontettica Yaotl, has heard rumors about an artifact that may be their only chance to turn the tide of the impending battle, but its location is uncertain and it might be lost among the abandoned ruins of Coliniacahuitlco.

She spent years following the path reserved for highborn men. When she's thrust back into a subservient role, how will she forge her own destiny? Rome is marching. Cities and temples are falling. On the outskirts of the empire, Princess Andrada convinces her father to tutor her as his heir despite a ban on women rulers. But her lifelong battle against entrenched customs shatters when she fails the King's Challenge and is sentenced to death. To save Andrada from execution, her father marries her off to a neighboring king who doesn't care about governing.

A peasant on his deathbed is given immortality by a less-than-trustworthy Mahjong sharp. Together, they travel around ancient China, learning its secrets, discovering new methods of extracting coins from people, and even meet with the first Emperor of China in his mysterious subterranean palace, complete with rivers of mercury.

Fatta passare per millenni come una storia meravigliosa e travagliata, a tratti cruenta ma destinata a buon fine, l’Odissea spiazza da subito il lettore con il suo incedere altalenante e il suo scarso equilibrio, visto che le peripezie di Ulisse tra maghe e ciclopi, sirene e mostri marini, che tanto hanno affascinato i lettori di ogni epoca, impegnano a malapena un sesto di un poema che è dedicato piuttosto, nella sua parte preponderante, ai preparativi di un massacro tremendo e immotivato, quello dei cosiddetti "proci", i pretendenti di Penelope.

Roma, 50 d.C. Massimo Valerio Messalla è nobile di nascita, colto per educazione e guerriero per scelta, ma la sua libertà sta per finire: il padre gli impone di sposarsi, per garantire una discendenza alla stirpe dei Valeri. Ottavia Lenate è una giovane inquieta e curiosa, appassionata di scienza e astronomia, che desidera la conoscenza, non un marito, specie non uno ruvido e affascinante come Messalla, l’uomo a cui scopre di essere destinata. Massimo e Ottavia si trovano così forzati in un’unione decisa da altri, finché il Fato non li porterà ad Alessandria d’Egitto.

Lei è la sua stessa vita, il suo respiro, il suo amore. E ora è in pericolo. Roma, 46 d.C. Il senatore Marco Quinto Valerio Rufo questa volta non è chiamato a combattere guerre né ad affrontare feroci barbari ai confini dell’Impero. La vendetta ha bussato alla sua porta e pretende un tributo di sangue, quello di una creatura indifesa che ama più di se stesso e che un vile nemico gli ha sottratto senza pietà.

È solo un uomo che affronta le tragiche prove che il Fato gli ha riservato. Aphrodisias, 53 d.C. Giulia Urgulania per anni ha solcato i mari con la bireme Calypso cercando di dimenticare l’uomo che avrebbe potuto spezzarle il cuore. Adesso non corre più alcun pericolo, perché di lui non le restano che una manciata di ricordi, un tocco, un profumo, un bacio. La Bestia non ha più nulla del grande guerriero che era un tempo, è soltanto un corpo da gettare nell’arena contro uomini e belve. Nella sofferenza della sua prigionia gli è rimasto solo un incontenibile desiderio di vendetta.

Roma, 44 a.C. Caio Giulio Cesare viene trafitto da ventitré pugnalate e ucciso. I presagi sono compiuti e il destino di Roma muta per sempre. Valerio Massimo Manfredi ricostruisce le fatidiche ultime quarantott'ore del "dictator perpetuus", realizzando un thriller politico incalzante, un memorabile ritratto di personaggi di assoluta grandezza e un'attualissima riflessione sul tema del potere e della democrazia.

436 AD. The Burgundars are confident of destroying Rome's legions. Their forces are strong and they have beaten the Romans in battle before. But they are annihilated, their king killed, his people scattered. Their fabled treasure is lost. For Rome has new allies: the Huns, whose taste for bloodshed knows no bounds.

An der Grenze zwischen dem Waadtland und dem Wallis, im Südwesten der Schweiz, liegen die Teufelsberge. Les Diablerets nennt man sie, seit dort 1714 ein Bergrutsch 55 Almhütten vernichtete und 14 Menschen in den Tod riss. 35 Jahre später folgte ein zweiter Bergrutsch und zerstörte weitere Hütten. Die Menschen begannen, die Gegend zu meiden. In dieser Einöde entfaltete sich nicht nur ein neu aufgestauter See, sondern auch der jüngste Urwald der Schweiz, der noch bis heute in seinem Originalzustand erhalten ist. Zweifellos prägten die beiden Katastrophen die Gegend und ihre Menschen.

Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fates - three sisters born out of Nyx's darkness, destined to weave the lives, and deaths, of humankind for eternity. But immortality is a heavy burden, and Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos are captivated by the gloriously human lives of the mortals below, especially those of the great warrior Atalanta and her ill-fated lover, Meleager. However, being a Goddess of Fate doesn't make you a master of it. Will these three sisters find a way to free the couple, and themselves, from their destinies? Or will they be bound by Fate forever?

Though the traitor God within Valencia has been exposed and Zephyrus and Threyna wild the artifacts of long dead deities, the way to the divine realm is blocked. The Harbinger has ascended to slaughter the Gods and leave the mortal realm in ruins. Yet Zephyrus, Laeden, Vykinallia, Iylea and Threyna have even more pressing concerns. The Skeleton King has come to New Rheynia’s shores. Empowered by cursed magic, he and his legions will stop at nothing to consume every soul in the mortal realm in service to their One True God.

Following Icel’s epic rescue of Lord Coenwulf's children from their almost certain death, King Wiglaf is forced to call upon Icel’s loyal services once more. Furious that the conspirators behind the audacious move to snatch the children have yet to face justice, he dispatches Icel to hunt down the enemy of Mercia and discover who seeks to conspire against the throne.

With hideous murders in the streets of Rome, a lone female traveller arrives with an agenda of her own. But when her corpse is dragged out of the river bearing signs of foul play, Flavia Albia is drawn in, concerned about her fellow Briton's fate. Albia's quest to find the killer becomes deeply personal when she discovers a man at the centre of the plot is an old adversary of hers. Will she be obsessed by revenge? Can she let the past go, or will it consume her?

Helena und Klytämnestra sind durch ihre Schönheit und ihren Stand nichts als Überfluss gewohnt, ganz Griechenland liegt ihnen zu Füßen: Sie sind die Prinzessinnen von Sparta. Doch dieses Privileg hat seinen Preis. Noch als Mädchen werden die Schwestern getrennt und verheiratet—mit dem mächtigen Agamemnon und seinem Bruder Menelaos von Troja. Als Königinnen wird von ihnen nur zweierlei erwartet: die Geburt eines Erben und die Verkörperung der sanftmütigen, sittsamen Natur einer Frau.

Amid pirates, godfathers, and forbidden love, vows of revenge are made in the unforgiving world of ancient Rome. Aelia Sabina, a patrician’s daughter, and Martino Lucianus Drusus- a simple plebe rise like phoenixes from the ashes of their lives. Aelia’s abusive husband vows to finally destroy this plebe in Rome’s court where patricians rule and plebeians grovel. But will Lucianus grovel? Don’t count on it.

Cast out from the Kyivan Rus, Harald Sigurdsson’s quest for fame and fortune takes him to the far reaches of Europe; the lands of the Eastern Roman empire. The empire is dying the slow death of decay and corruption. In desperation to fend off a myriad of foes, the emperor turns to the legendary Varangian guard for salvation. These deadly warriors from the far north, famed for their fearsome steel and battle skill, have become the empire's greatest protectors. From the golden gate of Constantinople to the holy waters of the river Jordan, Harald will march with the emperor's finest.

Britain, 60 AD. Hoping to save her lover and her land from the Romans, Herla makes a desperate pact with the Otherworld King. She becomes Lord of the Hunt and for centuries she rides, reaping wanderers’ souls. Until the night she meets a woman on a bloody battlefield – a Saxon queen with ice-blue eyes. Queen Æthelburg of Wessex is a proven fighter, but after a battlefield defeat she finds her husband’s court turning against her.

Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned by her mother, and persecuted and tormented by her brother and father. All because of a unique and dangerous talent: witchcraft. But when a dashing young hero, Jason, arrives to claim the famed Golden Fleece that her father fiercely protects, Medea sees her opportunity for escape. Her offer to help Jason overcome the trials set by her father sets in motion a journey that will test every ounce of her strength, magic and loyalty.