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Warmaiden Ima has survived the cataclysm sparked by the Alemanni. Now she finds herself in an alien world. The walls of Rome are the only haven for the German refugees, but the Romans have other plans. The refugees are being sent away, and Ima--as their self-appointed defender--must guard her charges against the dangers of the unknown frontier. Meanwhile, destinies intertwine as the last survivors of a dying race fight annihilation and a familiar pirate returns in glory to a changing land.

Auf dem Monte Somma oberhalb der mondänen, niedergehenden Stadt Pompeji werden tote Vögel gefunden. Während einer Versammlung von Vogelschützern hat der Einwanderer Jowna eine Eingebung: Wenn der Vulkan grollt, soll man das Weite suchen. Ohne Schulbildung, Geld und Einfluss gelingt es ihm, sich an die Spitze einer Aussteigerbewegung zu setzen. Bald fürchtet das Stadtoberhaupt Fabius Rufus, die Vulkangerüchte könnten Pompeji schaden. Als sich sogar der frühere Sklave Polybius dafür interessiert, schaltet sich Rufus' Frau Livia ein, und Jownas Eingebung verkehrt sich in ihr Gegenteil.

Princess of Mycenae, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sister of the sacrificed Iphigenia and the cursed Orestes. Electra is forced to flee her home after witnessing the shocking revenge-murder of her father, by her mother, on his return from the Trojan War. Life beyond the palace is frightening, and the scandalous behaviour of her foreign companions disturbs her, but she needs the help of the Trojan Cassandra, and her two lovers, to survive. Driven by her own desire for vengeance, Electra's life becomes one of adventure, peril, pleasure, tragedy and love.

Kaum sind Zenturio Marcus Aquila und seine Kohorte Tungrier vom dakischen Feldzug nach Britannien zurückgekehrt, finden sie die Nordgrenze des Römischen Reiches im Chaos vor. Die am Antoninuswall stationierten Legionen sind durch die Angriffe der feindlichen Kelten stark geschwächt worden, die Festungen drohen zu fallen.

As an empire burns, he will rise from the ashes. Sparrow, the Sunday Times bestselling historical epic by James Hynes, is the incredibly moving story of one boy’s journey to freedom in the harsh world of the Roman Empire. Raised in a brothel at the edge of a dying empire, a boy of no known...

376 AD: The Eastern Roman Empire is alone against the tide of barbarians swelling on her borders. Emperor Valens juggles the paltry border defenses to stave off invasion from the Goths north of the Danube. Meanwhile, in Constantinople, a pact between faith and politics spawns a lethal plot that will bring the dark and massive hordes from the east crashing down on these struggling borders. The fates conspire to see Numerius Vitellius Pavo thrust into the limitanei, the border legions, just before they are sent to recapture the long-lost eastern Kingdom of Bosporus.

The last Viking left in the New World finds fresh challenges when his growing family is forced to leave their home on the Patawomke River to sail north and find a new home amongst tribes who may be hostile. As his clan grows, Erik learns to adapt to this new world and all its wonders.

Jarl Dragon Heart has taken to the seas. With his wolf warriors, he raids further afield than ever before as he seeks his destiny. He has to fight new enemies as well as treacherous former allies. The Norns weave their webs and the Vikings discover the Middle Sea and Africa before they find themselves at the court of Nikephoros 1, the Emperor of Byzantium. A vast moving novel filled with battles both at sea and on land as the Viking Wolf unleashes his pack on the world.

This "powerful, fresh, and unflinching" reimagining from the award-winning author of the Penelope trilogy breathes life into ancient myth and gives voice to the women who stand defiant in a world ruled by ruthless men (Jennifer Saint). On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate...

Le suspense monte d'un cran dans ce deuxième tome consacré au jeune viking Arnulf. Arnulf est assommé sur une plage anglaise. Lorsqu'il se réveille, il est dans un monastère où un moine soigne ses blessures. Arnulf reprend son expédition, mais il emporte aussi avec lui dans son cœur le meurtre de son frère et le souvenir de Frejdis, dont il est amoureux. Ce sont de grandes émotions et des événements dramatiques qu’il devra affronter, tandis que sa proue perce les vagues.

Brennus is destined from birth to become a warrior, despite his farmer's life. But when the Hillmen kill his family and annihilate his clan, he now has the opportunity to avenge those who he loved. Brennus must survive endless hordes of invaders and magic-wielding sidhe, aided by only a band of shifty mercenaries, and an ancient bronze sword.

What is the point of knowing if nobody will listen? Ancient Sumer, 3800 BC. Indentured and forced into prostitution to survive, a reluctant seer known only as Girl finds herself experiencing cataclysmic visions. Kaylem--the most junior scribe of the temple and Girl's one, true friend--realizes Girl is the mouthpiece of the gods and is the only one to believe her.

Not expected to live as a babe, Amenhotep beats the odds only to find a life always in his brother's shadow and cast out from his father's glory. Does Amenhotep succumb to the shadows of his father's great palace or does he rise above the ridicule to forge his own path?

King Aethelred II, who men will one day call The Unready, rules over a land divided by the shadowy spin of his mother Queen Ælfthryth and the sprawling power of the Church. The Viking Warlord, Olaf Tryggvason smelling the Kingdoms weakness brings the vicious Jomsvikings to the Saxon coastline ravenous for war and plunder.

Athelstan is the king of the English, uniting the petty kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia, the Danish-held Five Boroughs and York following the sudden death of his father, King Edward. His vision is to unite the realms of the Scots and the Welsh in a peace accord that will protect their borders from the marauding threat of the Norse Vikings. Whilst seemingly craving peace and demanding loyalty with an imperium over every kingdom, Athelstan could dream of a much bigger prize.

From six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagined novel following the lives of those in ancient Pompeii on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupts. Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the...

A YEAR OF RAVENS Britannia: land of mist and magic clinging to the western edge of the Roman Empire. A red-haired queen named Boudica led her people in a desperate rebellion against the might of Rome, an epic struggle destined to consume heroes and cowards, young and old, Roman and Briton...

Zenturio Marcus Aquila und seine Kohorte Tungrier werden in die nordöstlichste Ecke des römischen Reiches entsandt, um die Minen von Alburnus Major zu beschützen. Denn hier wird genug Gold gefördert, um eine ganze Legion zu unterhalten – oder eine Rebellenarmee aus dem Boden zu stampfen. Und genau das plant der Stamm der marodierenden Sarmatae, der die Provinz bedroht. Doch Marcus Aquila weiß, dass die sarmatische Horde sein geringstes Problem ist.

From the bestselling author of the Eagles of the Empire novels comes the epic story of Caratacus: a barbarian who united tribes to raise an army against mighty Rome . . . The Romans invaded Britannia in AD 43 confident of victory. They swept through a divided and ill-equipped enemy, scattered...

Princess of Troy, sister of Hector and Paris, Priestess of Apollo. Blessed by the Sun God with the gift of prophecy, and then - for rejecting his advances - cursed by him to never be believed. Diomenes, the enemy Achaean with the healing hands, and Cassandra become puppets of the gods. Their passions are thwarted, their gifts rendered useless for the sake of a wager between two immortals. And now doomed, magnificent Troy is burning. If Cassandra and Diomenes find each other, can their love survive the games of malicious gods, victorious warriors and hated kings?