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"Fear... Terror... Something in the air." The Fort is under siege. Aemilius and the Hidden Legion, joined by their new Gaulish and Celtic allies, are led by the ghostly centurion Felix along a road through the Underworld to help break the siege. And they must go quickly, because their enemies...

Siglo I. Tras ser testigo del episodio más trágico de la vida de Jesús, el antiguo guardia pretoriano Lucio Fedro busca refugio en Éfeso junto con su familia. Sin embargo, el implacable poder de Roma se cierne sobre ellos para arrebatarles aquello que más aman. Mientras Lucio se enfrenta a los secuaces del emperador Calígula, que quiere apoderarse de una reliquia con la sangre de Jesús, Flavia, su esposa, buscará consuelo en una mujer que conoce mejor que nadie el amor, la pérdida y el sufrimiento: María de Nazaret.

"Historically compelling, wholly engrossing; a page-turner." -Prairies Book Review This award-winning alternative history empowers women facing issues of identity, faith, freedom, and fulfilling their call to teach and lead. Set in biblical times, the themes remain relevant today, and it will...

A Republic under siege. A general on the run. One last chance to save Rome. 87 B.C. Quintus Sertorius has lost his city, his senate seat, and his home to Sullas ambitions. Hunted through Italy with only his family and a handful of loyal allies, he carries the weight of a shattered Republic on...

Tras perderse en el mar, el inglés John Blackthorne despierta en un lugar que pocos europeos conocen y menos aún han visto: Japón. Inmerso en la hermética sociedad nipona del siglo XVII, una tierra en la que la línea que separa la vida de la muerte es muy fina, Blackthorne debe enfrentarse no sólo a un pueblo extranjero, con costumbres e idioma desconocidos, sino también a sus propias definiciones de moralidad, verdad y libertad.

Somewhere between legend, myth, and history, sits Antara ibn Shaddad. In the century before Islam, in the harshest environment in the known world, this greatest of Arabian warriors struggles to ascend from slavery to the heights of his society, blasting through prejudice with the quickness of...

The Celtic resistance is on the verge of breaking. Will a mysterious sickness be the final nail in the coffin, or fire their fighting spirit? The Celtic tribes are in disarray. After their crushing defeat at the River Vaga, they fall back to the mighty Tamesas river. But another mighty assault...

Part two in the brand new Roman pirate series by Sunday Times bestselling authors Simon Scarrow and T. J. Andrews. AD 25, the Adriaticum. Pirate ships hunt merchantmen across the stormy waters of the vast seas. But their control of these waters is threatened by the actions of a callous Roman...

Two souls bound together for eternity but lost in time. Until now. Brimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay's gripping dual-time novel travels from the present day to the danger of Roman Britannia. Praise for Christina Courtenay: 'Paints a vivid picture...

85 A.D. The Roman Empire expanded its conquered territories north to the Danube River. One kingdom is still a serious threat – the third most powerful military power in Europe and the richest nation in the region. That nation is Dacia, led by its young and brilliant military leader King Decebal.

In his extensive series featuring the detecting feats of Decius Caecilius Metellus the younger, set in the Rome of 70 BC, Roberts achieves a very believable modern feeling with his well-researched description of the stories' background. This seventh episode, however, combines a familiar view of the demands office-seeking makes on a candidate with a situation that is impossibly bizarre to us today. An entire city, versed in literature, music, and the other arts, ruled democratically, for its time, is thrown into panic by an enraged man's curse.

Nel Portogallo del primo Settecento dominato da Inquisizione e auto da fé, incrociano i loro destini personaggi opposti e complementari. In questo prodigioso romanzo storico e d'invenzione, utopia e morte, riso e tragedia, affresco corale e struggente vicenda personale, immaginazione sfrenata e spirito critico si coniugano nella voce, ironica e compassionevole assieme, del narratore messo di fronte all'ipocrisia e all'arroganza dei tempi, ma anche ai primi sintomi di un rinnovamento sociale e culturale.

CIRCE. UNA HEROÍNA. UNA HECHICERA. UNA MUJER QUE ENCUENTRA SU PODER. CAERÁS BAJO SU HECHIZO. En el palacio de Helios, dios del sol y el más poderoso de los titanes, nace una niña. Pero Circe es una niña rara: carece de los poderes de su padre y de la agresiva capacidad de seducción de su...

Amor y traicion en la antigua Cartago. Mientras las hordas romanas asedian y esperan el momento de invadir Cartago, la sacerdotisa del templo de la diosa Tanit, Salambo, ama y es amada. Ella es la hija de Amilcar, el gran general cartagines y para recobrar el perdido velo que ha caido en manos del adversario, tiene que entregarse al general enemigo, que por Salambo olvida patria y honor.

Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel to I, Claudius gives a wry and human view of the Roman world, bringing to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history. Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of...

Ipàzia (Alessandria d'Egitto,) fu una matematica, astronoma e filosofa greca, e viene considerata come una "martire della libertà di pensiero." Ipazia" era giunta a tanta cultura da superare di molto tutti i filosofi del suo tempo, a succedere nella scuola platonica riportata in vita da Plotino e a spiegare a chi lo desiderava tutte le scienze filosofiche. Per questo motivo accorrevano da lei da ogni parte tutti coloro che desideravano pensare in modo filosofico".

Kidnapped from the Earth People as a child, White Ash learns the way of the Sun People as she grows into a beautiful woman. But the disturbing dreams that made her an outcast in her old tribe are becoming stronger and they foretell a frightening future of bitter cold, war and famine. When a hostile tribe massacres her adopted family, White Ash is raped and left near death, but is miraculously saved by a brave shaman...and falls in love with him. Together they set out on a dangerous journey to steal a magical object - but they soon face a ruthless enemy who wants White Ash for his own.

Kidnapped from the Earth People as a child, White Ash learns the way of the Sun People as she grows into a beautiful woman. But the disturbing dreams that made her an outcast in her old tribe are becoming stronger and they foretell a frightening future of bitter cold, war and famine. When a hostile tribe massacres her adopted family, White Ash is raped and left near death, but is miraculously saved by a brave shaman...and falls in love with him. Together they set out on a dangerous journey to steal a magical object - but they soon face a ruthless enemy who wants White Ash for his own.

Seven thousand years ago, major climatic change was ushering in a 3,500 year drought. For a small band of pioneers in what is now Wyoming and the Montana Mountains, it was a time of fire. As they struggled valiantly to keep their ancestors’ dreams alive in an unforgiving, drought-stricken land, a heroic young dreamer and a fearless woman warrior united to lead their people to a magnificent destiny.

Inanna is an impossibility. The first full Anunnaki born on Earth in Ancient Mesopotamia. Crowned the goddess of love by the twelve immortal Anunnaki who are worshipped across Sumer, she is destined for greatness. But Inanna is born into a time of war. The Anunnaki have split into warring factions, threatening to tear the world apart. Forced into a marriage to negotiate a peace, she soon realizes she has been placed in terrible danger.