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What if an ancient Sanskrit text holds the answers to today’s deepest problems? What if the past—the ancient past—can help us unlock both our present and our future? That’s the dilemma facing Justin Davis, a brilliant but greatly troubled West Virginia teen, struggling with his father’s brutal murder and his once-wealthy family’s loss of money, status, dignity, and hope. Broken, angry, and bitter, Justin has all but presents him with a mysterious gift: a copy of The First Avatāra, a lush, beautifully illustrated book relating the immemorial legend of Krṣṇa.

AD 101. Eleven years have passed since the emperor Domitian led a campaign into Dacia to chastise them for their incursions, meeting the enemy once again at Tapae, the site of an earlier battle. But Domitian is gone, now, and a new emperor sits on the throne: Trajan. This new leader of the Roman world is determined to succeed where Domitian failed: the total subjugation of Dacia.

As Imperial Rome forges its empire upon the ashes of war, its provinces feverish with religion, ambition and a thirst for power compete in the shadows without conscience. Save for one. An adopted Jew of a long dead son of Rome who is playing a dangerous game. Driven by a vision he is certain is the future if he does not act, he is forced to make an unlikely alliance. An alliance that is fated to bring unwelcome attention. Not all those seeking prominence in Rome are men. At great personal cost, a provincial governor and his unwitting sons will be caught in the middle.

Before gods had names and temples had walls, the sacred flowed freely among people... Goddess of the Indus brings alive a forgotten world and the moment it began to disappear. Before the rise of patriarchal faiths and priestly power, there was a time when the sacred was woven into daily life... when nature, earth, and the feminine were sacred. Set in the land of the Indus 3,200 years ago, Goddess of the Indus brings to life an ancient world at the crossroads of spiritual awakening, social change, and the birth of religion.

III secolo d.C. Odenato, sovrano della fiorente colonia orientale di Palmira, in Siria, viene assassinato vilmente insieme al figlio Erode. Il regno spetta di diritto a Vaballato, ma l'ultimogenito del re è ancora troppo piccolo e così a sedersi sul trono è Zenobia, la giovane vedova. I notabili di Palmira sperano che la sovrana segua le orme del marito, e confermi la politica filoromana che tanti commerci e denari ha portato nelle loro tasche, ma scoprono presto che in Oriente si è alzato un vento ben diverso.

The year is 118 A.D. More than five years have passed since Tiberius Artorius Castus, Dux Britannica, departed to fight beside Emperor Trajan against the Parthian Empire. At his command was the legionary and auxilia division, Exercitus Britannica, known to the men in the ranks as Minerva’s Spear. Crossing the breadth of the Empire, they battled across the frozen mountains of Armenia, through the scorching wastes of Mesopotamia, before recapturing Cyprus during the catastrophic uprising across the Jewish diaspora. Their numbers depleted, the survivors exhausted, they are eager to return home.

Siglo I. Condenado por un crimen de sangre, el oficial romano Lucio Fedro tiene la peligrosa misión de seguir los pasos de un hombre del que todo el mundo habla pero del que poco se sabe: Jesús de Nazaret. No hay rincón del Imperio donde no se oiga su nombre. Unos dicen que es un revolucionario; otros, un simple profeta; él afirma ser "el hijo de Dios". Lo que está claro es que ese hombre está desafiando el poder de Roma y Lucio deberá desentrañar los misterios que rodean su figura al tiempo que se enfrenta a las sombras de su propio pasado.

In Ancient Greece after the Trojan War, as described in The Iliad, there were a brother and sister, Avel and Syma, who suffered at the hands of their stepfamily. Until three Goddesses decide to visit the siblings and give them tests and gifts to help change their lives for the better. In the kingdom where the brother and sister live, the Goddess of Love wants the young ruling queen Charis to find love again, so the goddesses again take part in bringing Avel, Syma, and the young queen together, changing the lives of all three of them, so much so that it would be painted on pottery one day.

From #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling author P. C. Cast—a passionate and magical epic bringing alive Celtic legend, perfect for romantasy fans who love Sue Lynn Tan and Thea Guanzon and historical fantasy fans of Madeline Miller. Step into the mystical world of the Isle of Skye...

Tras el colapso de Roma, un olvidado niño emperador regresa no para reclamar el trono, sino para reinventar lo que significa gobernar. Roma Renacida narra la extraordinaria transformación de Rómulo II, una figura descartada a la sombra del imperio, que se atreve a reconstruir Occidente no mediante legiones, sino a través de la ley, la unidad y la reforma.

Seft, een getalenteerde vuursteendelver, trekt in de zomerhitte de Grote Vlakte over om getuige te zijn van de rituelen die het nieuwe jaar inluiden en om zijn stenen te verhandelen op de Midzomermarkt. Maar ook om Neen te vinden, het meisje van wie hij houdt, en te ontsnappen aan zijn brute vader en broers, die ook vuursteen delven. Neen en haar familie leven in liefdevolle harmonie met elkaar, iets waar Seft zelf zo naar hunkert.

Marcus Tullius Cicéron n'est alors qu'un jeune avocat, sans fortune ni famille affluente, amis avec des rêves de grandeur. Il ne vise pas moins que l'Imperium, la plus haute fonction de l'état. Mais, doté uniquement de ses talents d'orateur, comment avancer dans le monde ?

Cicéron est sur le point de devenir consul. Mais sa tâche ne s'annonce pas de tout repos. Rome est en proie à des tensions croissantes et un jeune Jules César cherche à s'accaparer du pouvoir de gré ou de force.

Betrayed by his kinsmen, his forces overrun by Danes, King Alfred of Wessex has retreated deep into the marshes of his homeland, lying in wait for his chance at redemption. The scourge of the heathen horde that has ravaged the kingdom for decades is at its peak. Led by the fearsome Viking warlord Guthrum, the fate of the men, women, and children at their mercy appears all but sealed. But underestimate the great king at your peril . . .

È notte. Nel ventre del cavallo di legno gli Achei trattengono il respiro, parlano a gesti. Fuori, sulla spiaggia, i Troiani stanno decidendo se dare fuoco all'ingombrante dono ad Athena, lasciato dai Danai, come vogliono Laocoonte e Cassandra, o se trasportarlo all'interno delle mura di Ilio. Se questo avverrà, si chiede Menelao, il re di Sparta, come reagirà lui quando, finalmente, si troverà faccia a faccia con sua moglie? Elena, la donna più bella del mondo. La fedifraga che lo ha abbandonato per Paride. La causa scatenante della guerra in cui sono morti tanti eroi. Si prenderà la sua vendetta?

"Casi nada persiste y muy cerca está el abismo infinito del futuro en el que todo se desvanece". Marco Aurelio Nadie podía intuir que aquellos acontecimientos significarían el ocaso de Roma en un futuro tan inmediato. En el año 375 d.C., los hunos irrumpen al norte del Mar Negro, masacran a los alanos, destruyen a los ostrogodos y derrotan a los visigodos encabezados por Atanarico. El resto de los visigodos, liderados por Alavivo y Fritigerno, temiendo por sus vidas, piden autorización para atravesar el Danubio e instalarse dentro de las fronteras del Imperio como federados.

From the award-winning author of Herc, an enrapturing feminist tale that brilliantly reimagines the story of Aphrodite and how she transformed herself from a lowly outsider to the darling goddess of love, for readers of Madeline Miller and Jennifer Saint. Aphrodite saw the gods on Mount Olympus...

Royaume des Francs, 1096. L’opération armée la plus importante de son temps est en marche. Trente-cinq mille pauvres gens ont tout abandonné pour suivre le prédicateur Pierre l’Ermite sur les routes de Constantinople. Ils seront bientôt rejoints par l’armée des barons qui répondent massivement à l’appel du pape Urbain II : libérer Jérusalem du joug païen. C’est dans ce contexte que l’on retrouve Joachim de Saint-Ange et Alix de Saint-Germain.

1258 BC: Surrounded and outnumbered by the army of Agamemnon, King Priam and his Trojan forces fight desperately to defend their city. In the lulls between battle, all talk inevitably turns to the mighty ally that has not yet arrived to their aid. Agamemnon will weep for mercy, the Trojans say, when the eastern horizons darken with the endless ranks of the Hittite Empire.

1275 BC: Tensions between the Hittite and Egyptian Empires erupt and the two great superpowers mobilize for all-out war. Horns blare across the Hittite northlands and the dunes of Egypt rumble with the din of drums as each gathers an army of unprecedented size. Both set their eyes upon the border between their domains, and the first and most important target: a desert city whose name will toll through history. Kadesh!