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CATO AND MACRO ARE ARMED TO THE HILT FOR THE EPIC 25TH ADVENTURE IN THE EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE SERIES FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Twenty years have passed since the raw recruit Cato faced Centurion Macro on the training ground. Now scarred heroes of the Roman army's toughest conflicts...

Lucio Falerio ha muerto y todo el Imperio llora por el fallecimiento de su mejor senador. Pero no hay tiempo para el duelo: su hijo, Marcelo, tendrá que seguir con el legado que ha heredado para evitar la corrupción de la República, y cumplir con la palabra que dio su padre a los esclavos sicilianos. Con las intrigas políticas a su espalda y la amenaza de los Celtas ante él, Marcelo se adentrará en un camino complicado y sangriento. Mientras, Aquila seguirá inmerso en una búsqueda de identidad que lo llevará hasta los límites del Imperio.

Una novela épica que abre la trilogía de La República. Los dos protagonistas, Aulo Cornelio y Lucio Falerio, son dos jóvenes patricios que tendrán que luchar y vivir para desafiar su funesto destino. Ambos tendrán un papel importante en el futuro que le depara a la República romana: un final lleno de sangre y traición. Los pilares de Roma es novela cargada de acción, amistad y brutalidad que trasladará a los lectores a la antigua Roma.

De la autora de Circe, una epopeya inolvidable Grecia en la era de los héroes. Patroclo, un príncipe joven y torpe, ha sido exiliado al reino de Ftía, donde vive a la sombra del rey Peleo y su hijo divino, Aquiles. Aquiles, el mejor de los griegos, es todo lo que no es Patroclo: fuerte, apuesto, hijo de una diosa. 

Cuando el rey Teleclo es asesinado en el año 735 a.C., durante un festival en honor de Artemisa, se inicia una oleada de guerras devastadoras entre Mesenia y Esparta que se prolongaría durante casi ochenta años. Esparta inició entonces una etapa de esplendor social y cultural que la llevó a ser una de las ciudades más respetadas y temidas de su tiempo. Sin embargo, durante los reinados de Teopompo y de su hijo Anaxándridas, mientras entre los habitantes de la polis se suceden las rebeliones y la familia real se desmorona trágicamente, el pueblo espartano se transformará.

His younger brother will be greater than he . . . With those words, Menashe's dreams collapse. As Yosef's eldest son, his position had seemed secure. But now Efrayim—bold, charming Efrayim, who's everything Menashe is not—is taking his place. With their people. With the pharaoh. With Jendayi, the slave Menashe loves. Efrayim, meanwhile, sees his dreams confirmed. Surely it's his destiny to unite the Egyptians and Hebrews. To marry a princess and achieve splendor surpassing that of his brother.

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...

Jezebel. You’ve heard the name. But you’ve never heard her story. "Historical fiction at its finest," (Louisa Morgan) this propulsive novel is a stunning reimagining of the story of a fierce princess from Tyre and her infamous legacy Jezebel was born into the world howling. She intends to...

Древняя Русь XI века. Непрестанные набеги печенегов наводят ужас на обитателей маленького городка Черторыя. Оставляя за собой смерть, разрушения и сожжённые дома, захватчики уводят в плен невинных людей, чтобы продать их на невольничьем рынке в Константинополе - Царьграде. Вот и в дом простого рыбака Стоюна приходит беда. Печенеги Арслана захватили его жену - Ольгу. Ради её спасения семья готова на всё - даже отправиться в опасное путешествие по знаменитому пути "из варяг в греки".

Прекрасная гетера Таис была настоящей женщиной, чей завораживающий образ вдохновлял поэтов, художников и скульпторов в Афинах, Мемфисе, Александрии, Вавилоне и Экбатане. Она сопровождала Александра Македонского во время его персидской кампании и была единственной женщиной, вошедшей в столицу Персии - Персеполь. Любовь, красота, философия, война, религия - все это и многое другое в историческом шедевре Ивана Ефремова.

In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost.

Secret agents Samuel and Mehrnaz are back in a new supernatural adventure in the ancient world! Imperial spymaster Croesus is sending his top team to Greece on a personal assignment: find out why the Oracle of Delphi betrayed him and how it engineered the death of his son and heir. But to reach Delphi, Samuel and Mehrnaz will first have to fight myth-obsessed pirates, charm a ship of women smugglers, wrestle Spartans in a death match, and outwit amorous Athenians. And at the Oracle, they must face their true opponents.

Diese Hörbuch-Edition vereint zentrale Werke des antiken griechischen Theaters – Texte, in denen sich die Grundfragen menschlicher Existenz erstmals in dramatischer Form verdichten: Schuld und Verantwortung, Macht und Moral, Liebe und Gewalt, Individuum und Gemeinschaft. Entstanden im Athen des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., treten Tragödie und Komödie hier in einen spannungsreichen Dialog.

Seeing signs that he might be the long-awaited Mashiach, Yeshu and his wife Miri travels to Jordan to find out if his mother's prophecy about him might be true. Getting cold feet at the last moment, however, he camps out in the desert just short of the river. There are signs enough in his life, but massive reasons for doubt as well. While he ponders his future, highwaymen pursue him in the night. From the other side of the river, friends go out in search of him. Who will reach the camp first? If he is spared, what will he decide?

THE GREATEST CONFLICT IN OUR SHARED HISTORY. 'A brilliant retelling of the epic legend from an historical novelist at the top of his game!' SIMON SCARROW, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author 'I missed my stop reading chapter three. This feels effortless, weightless. Wonderful' CONN IGGULDEN, #1...

“The Lost Ninth Legion" plunges listeners into the heart of ancient Rome’s greatest enigma: the mysterious disappearance of Legio IX Hispana. Through vivid, immersive storytelling, the book gives voice to the soldiers who forged Rome’s destiny with every step, depicting their courage, camaraderie, and the relentless trials they faced as they marched across hostile frontiers. Steel clashed on battered shields as the Ninth braved howling storms, midnight ambushes, and the eerie silence of foreign forests where unseen eyes watched from the darkness.

An urbane Roman landowner and merchant is intrigued by the Christian faith―but is he willing to give up his status and lifestyle to join the church? Meanwhile his young client, a catechumen in the church at Rome, is beginning to see just how much his newfound faith will require of him.

Prince Vortimer has imprisoned his father, King Vortigern – The High King of Britain. With Woden's spear, Vortimer believes God has chosen him to lead an army south to banish the Jutes once and for all from Britain's shores. In a desperate fight for survival, Octa and the Jutish warlords, Hengist and Horsa, are trapped on Thanet, their island home, as Prince Vortimer's army surrounds them. With dwindling numbers, their only hope is to send for reinforcements, but winter is upon them, and the journey will be perilous.

Flavius Maximus has declared himself emperor and crossed into Gaul. The civil war with Gratian has been short, and the rightful ruler of the West lies in an early grave. Now two men face off across an empire. Theodosius in the east, his armies large but reliant on mercenaries. Maximus in the west, his forces small, but battle hardened and loyal to a fault. In the middle of the chaos, at the heart of a dying world, two old friends march at the heads of opposing forces.

Before humanity, before the world was formed, war erupted in heaven. From the creative minds of bestselling authors Mark M. Yarbrough and Jerry B. Jenkins, The Battle for Heaven and Earth is a sweeping biblical epic that takes readers back to the very, very beginning. Witness the breathtaking...