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The beloved daughter of Jewish captives in Babylon, Keren is sold into Daniel’s household to help her family survive. She becomes Daniel’s most trusted scribe, while taking lessons and swordsmanship training alongside Daniel’s sons and their best friend, Jared. But after a tragic accident changes the course of her life, Keren finds herself in a foreign country, charged with a mysterious task: teaching a shepherd boy how to become a lord. When she overhears whispers that hint at his true identity, she realizes she must protect him from the schemes of a bloodthirsty king.

989 AD. Alfred the Great’s dream of a united England has been forged by his daughter Aethelfaed and grandson, King Aethelstan. The Vikings have been expelled from York following the death of Erik Bloodaxe, and for two generations there has been peace between Saxon and Dane. A new Viking warlord Olaf Tryggvason seeks revenge for Bloodaxe's death and the slaughter that followed, and has set his sights on a fresh assault on England’s shores. With Skarde Wartooth they set sail for Saxon lands, hungry for glory, conquest and vengeance.

Une seule femme peut forger une dynastie. Un roman historique captivant inspiré de la vie de Julia Domna, l'un des personnages féminins les plus fascinants et pourtant méconnus de l'histoire de Rome. 192 après J.-C. : Rome est sous le contrôle de Commode, un empereur fou. L'assassinat du tyran, puis du nouvel auguste nommé par le Sénat, ouvre la porte à un tourbillon d'intrigues et de luttes pour le pouvoir. Les prétendants sont prêts à tout, pensant que le jeu est sur le point de commencer. Mais pour Julia Domna, il a déjà commencé.

"Tarde o temprano tenía que ocurrir. Desde que Viracocha se le apareció a su antepasado, todos sabían que algún día llegarían sus hijos, seres blancos, barbados, superiores en todo a ellos mismos. Ese día tendrían que postrarse a sus pies y poner su propia vida en sus manos, pues ni el mismo Sol podría oponérseles." Panamá, Castilla del Oro, 1524. En la sacristía de una pequeña iglesia del Nuevo Mundo, tres hombres se reúnen a la luz de los velones.

Britannien brennt! Die mörderischen Horden von Häuptling Calgus haben den Hadrianswall überwunden und verbreiten Angst und Schrecken in der römischen Provinz. Doch der junge Zenturio Marcus hat ganz andere Probleme. Die Verstärkung, die aus Rom eintrifft, bedroht sein Leben. Denn der Kaiser hat ihn zum Tode verurteilt. Seine eigenen Männer werden ihn decken und seine wahre Identität geheim halten. Aber die neuen Soldaten schulden Marcus nichts. Sie werden ihn verraten, sobald sie ihn erkennen. Dann kann ihn nur noch ein Wunder retten – oder eine bespiellos mutige Tat.

El Inca Atahualpa, Señor del Principio, ha sido capturado por unos extraños barbudos que han llegado hasta Cajamarca montados en llamas gigantes y premunidos de mortales cilindros en los que habita Illapa, el dios del Trueno y el Relámpago. El Mundo de las Cuatro Direcciones se encuentra en peligro mortal.

India, 3400 BCE. A land in tumult, poverty and chaos. Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don't give a damn. Raavan. Fathered by one of the most illustrious sages of the time. Blessed by the Gods with talents beyond all. Cursed by fate to be tested to the extremes. A formidable teenage pirate, he is filled with equal parts courage, cruelty and fearsome resolve. A resolve to be a giant among men, to conquer, plunder, and seize the greatness that he thinks is his right.

Bühne Fry für die großartigste Geschichte der Welt! Es ist die größte Geschichte von Heldentum und Hass, Liebe und Leiden, Rache und Reue, Verlangen und Verzweiflung, die sich die Menschheit je erzählt hat: Der Kampf um das legendäre Troja, das für Götter und Menschen gleichermaßen Segen und Fluch war und zum Schauplatz alter Fehden, sagenhafter Herausforderungen und verwickelter Intrigen wurde. Es sind jene menschlichen Leidenschaften, blutig in den Sand einer fernen Küste geschrieben, die heute noch zu uns sprechen.

Año 432 a. C. Grecia se precipita hacia una guerra como nunca ha visto ni verá el mundo. La Atenas de Pericles domina los mares, Esparta es invencible en tierra. Y ambas ciudades pugnan por convertirse en la líder indiscutible de la Hélade en un conflicto completamente asimétrico que durará cerca de treinta años y después del cual la Grecia luminosa no será más que un lejano recuerdo.

Greece 562 BC. For insolvent debtors, the price of bankruptcy is slavery. When his mother and siblings are seized for unpaid debts, little Diossos must run to fetch help. He must cross mountains, forests, and stormy seas; brave wild animals, slave catchers, pirates, and the power of the state. He has a month to complete his quest, only days to grow up.

ग़ज़नी के महमूद और उसके बर्बर तुर्क गिरोहों के लगातार हमलों ने भारत के उत्तरी इलाकों को कमज़ोर कर दिया था। हमलावरों ने उपमहाद्वीप के बहुत बड़े इलाके को बर्बाद करने के लिए छीना-झपटी, हत्या.

It is 1066 and the Saxon leadership lie dead at Senlac Hill. Only Aelfraed and his northern rebels hold out against the Norman war machine. Fighting treachery as well as Normans Aelfraed and his warriors bravely take the fight to the Normans. Forced to become outlaws they fight a rearguard action from the northern forests until William relentlessly hunts them down.

It is a time of old gods, of new beliefs and new restrictions on living. Sherewode stretches nearly from coast to coast, from the Humber in the North, to Buckingham in the South; from Willenhall in the West to Crowland, East of Ermine Street, with tendrils running all the way to Kernow, Scotland, and Wales. Everywhere Saxons and the old Ænglish are being crushed under the cruel bootheel of the Normans. Thousands of years of history is being stolen, plundered, sold off. Justice and belief are under attack, being rewritten by the Normans.

Despite his situation, Paaten believes his future is not in the enemy land of Hatti. As Paaten struggles to find his way back to his homeland of Egypt, he finds himself in an unforeseen battle, waging the biggest war yet: that of his heart. Will Paaten's perceived enemy ensnare his love and loyalty, or will he return to Egypt to fulfill his destiny and oath to pharaoh?

Griechenland im Kampf gegen die größte Kriegsflotte der Welt. Als erfahrener Schiffsführer kämpft Arimnestos von Platäa in der epischen Konfrontation zwischen Griechen und Persern: der Seeschlacht von Salamis. Eine Schlacht, bei der Blutvergießen mit Blutvergießen vergolten, alter Groll beigelegt, Ruhm erlangt und Verrat entlarvt wird. Eine Schlacht, bei der Griechenland alle Differenzen begraben und vereint kämpfen muss. Denn dem Land gegenüber steht Großkönig Xerxes, der die größte Kriegsflotte der Welt zusammengebracht hat.

It is July, 67 AD. The brutal, 47-day siege of the rebel stronghold of Jotapata, in Galilee, has ended. The Roman armies of Vespasian destroyed the city and captured the leader of the resistance, Josephus ben Matthias. While being interrogated by the Roman commanding general, Josephus makes a bold prediction; Nero’s reign grows short and, in time, Vespasian himself will rise to become emperor. Intrigued, while also viewing the Jewish general as a great source of intelligence, Vespasian spares his life. He then unleashes a hell storm of fury upon the rest of Galilee and Judea itself.

Medusa is the only mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realises that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When, in Athene’s temple, desire pushes Poseidon to commit the unforgivable, Medusa’s mortal life is changed forever. Athene, furious at the sacrilege committed, directs her revenge on Medusa. The punishment is that she is turned into a Gorgon: sharp teeth, snakes for hair and a gaze that will turn any living creature to stone.

After a brutal betrayal from within Ankhmakis’s own family, the distraught prince seizes the throne and is crowned Pharaoh Ankhwehenfer, while Natasa is forced to flee across the sea to a new land, with a new magic. Broken and truly alone for the first time since their bonding, their grief threatens to swallow them whole. A stalemate is proposed, and as Egypt becomes two nations, as in the days of old, a prosperous peace falls over the south. But evil lurks still. There are those both within the Pharaoh’s court and without that would do anything to see the king fall.

"La locura es la libertad, nuestra libertad, la de las mujeres, la de las Ménades, la que nos libera de las ataduras de la existencia." Roma, 206 a. C. En el mercado de esclavos, los hombres observan con lascivia contenida a una niña desnuda de doce años. Uno puja por ella: Fecenio. Ha sido soldado y es proxeneta. A la esclava la llaman Hispala, La Hispana. Algún día, si se gana la libertad, quizá sea además Fecenia. Y entonces quedará doblemente marcada: por el estigma servil de tener dueño hasta en el nombre y por la mancha retadora con forma de hoja de hiedra.

Archeologo ed autore di celebri romanzi storici, tra cui la trilogia "Aléxandros", Valerio Massimo Manfredi si cimenta in questo testo inedito con la forma del racconto. Che siano ambientate nell'antica Grecia o nelle corti rinascimentali, ai tempi delle guerre puniche, o in una centrale nucleare all'alba del 2000, queste storie confermano il desiderio costante dello scrittore di rendere la Storia sempre più "vicina" al lettore contemporaneo.