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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.

When a daughter is born to the King of Arcadia, she brings only disappointment. Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta is left to the mercy of a passing mother bear and raised alongside the cubs under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis. Swearing that she will prove her worth alongside the famed heroes of Greece, Atalanta leaves her forest to join Jason's band of Argonauts. But can she carve out her own place in the legends in a world made for men?

Aram must lead his clan to safety, protect an innocent man, forgive his wayward wife, and challenge a curse that haunts his soul. As Aram encounters both good and evil, an alien world watches and waits for their part to play in humanity’s future hope or despair.

Craig Henriksen and Danny Walsh: two contemporary warriors in a struggle they barely understand. Despite the losses they've endured at his hands, they draw closer to the enemy and learn more about his nature and goals. Craig and Danny have become important targets.

Jeden człowiek przeciw Imperium Rzymskiemu! Poruszająca opowieść o zagładzie, jaką Rzymianie zgotowali Żydom... Przyjaciele z rzymskiego Eskwilinu: Rzymianin, Żyd i Grek, obywatele Wiecznego Miasta, już u progu dorosłości trafiają w wir dramatycznych wydarzeń, które zaważą na ich życiu. Przemierzają prowincje potężnego Imperium Rzymskiego, przeżywają perypetie miłosne, moralne dylematy i bolesne zmagania bitewne. Główny narrator powieści to rzymski legat Sekstus Juliusz Sewer, który spowiada się synowi ze zbrodni, jakich dokonał w Judei, idąc tropem tajemniczego hebrajskiego słowa "mesjasz".

Seria przygodowa osadzona w realiach starożytnego Egiptu. Starożytna egipska uzdrowicielka i skryba, Sesha, jest gotowa do kolejnej roli: szpiega. Zmuszona do ucieczki z Teb wraz z przyjaciółmi, podróżuje w górę Nilu i rusza na pustynię w poszukiwaniu ukrytej oazy, by uratować córkę faraona, księżniczkę Merat, oddaną wbrew jej woli wodzowi Hyksosów. Po drodze przez niekończące się wydmy musi stawiać czoła krokodylom i oślepiającym burzom piaskowym.

Alexander the Great's sudden death has left his vast empire in chaos. War rages, cities fall and the lives of thousands are torn apart as his former generals struggle for a share. Alliances and betrayals are rife, and as one man threatens to gain an advantage, the others will not hesitate to plot his downfall. The one-eyed brute Antigonos is the most formidable power in the Western world and now has his eye on the jewel of the east: Babylon.

After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of Rome. He is destined, despite vicious power struggles, bloody wars and family strife, to transform his realm and become the greatest ruler the western world had ever seen: Augustus Caesar, the first Roman Emperor.

Ромул и Фабиола — близнецы, родившиеся в рабстве, и с детства им предначертана незавидная судьба. В тринадцать лет хозяин продает Ромула в школу гладиаторов, Фабиолу же — в Лупанарий, публичный дом, где она попадется на глаза одному из самых влиятельных мужчин Рима. Тарквиний — этрусский воин и прорицатель, враг Рима, волею судеб обреченный сражаться за Республику в Забытом легионе. Бренн — галл, семью которого убили римляне.

936 AD. Brittany is torn apart by war. Many nobles have sought refuge in King aethelstan's England, including Louis, prospective king of Francia. Einar and the Wolf Coats, disillusioned by events in Norway, are also at aethelstan's court. When Louis decides to take up his throne, aethelstan sees a way to make a crucial ally: a powerful noble whose support Louis needs. And aethelstan has just the men he needs to carry his message... and undertake a secret mission.The Wolf Coats' quest is fraught with danger and foreboding, for the world is changing.

Egypt, 25 BC. Titus Cervianus marches into the unknown as he and the Twenty Second Legion contend with the armies of the Bellatrix: the Warrior Queen of Kush. The Kushites and the Egyptians are united against the Roman presence in their lands—but there are complex political and military forces at work. Deep in the deserts, Cervianus and his comrades must brace themselves for a furious onslaught as they take on the might of the Bellatrix.

Hvad jeg ved om kvinder på heste er historien om pigen Pernille, der forlader de inderligt elskede og inderligt ligeglade heste og drager på erobringstogt i de voksnes verden de næste tre årtier. Men hun længes. Vejen tilbage til hestene bliver en vej væk fra alt det, der holder hende søvnløs om natten. En pause fra sorg, der kommer farende ud af det blå, og fra dramaer og tab, der vokser sig mere og mere virkelige og vidtrækkende.

753 a.C., 21 aprile. Una notte di tempesta squarcia con fulmini e lampi il cielo dell'antica città sabina di Cures, nella data dedicata alla celebrazione del sacro rito dei Parilia . Mentre, a poca distanza da lì, Roma viene fondata sul sangue dei gemelli, nel tempio della dea Feronia viene deposto un neonato, un "figlio dei numi". Il piccolo Numa Pompilio - adottato dalla regina Mezia e istruito dall'etrusco Hirpino - si rivela presto un bambino prodigio, destinato a una sorte gloriosa, ma il mistero delle sue origini continua a tormentarlo.

Trenta giorni. È i l tempo che rimane a Vercingetorige e ai suoi uomini per af frontare la vendetta di Giulio Cesare. Poi non ci sarà più cibo né acqua nella città assediata dalla furia romana, e i l sogno di una Gal l ia libera morirebbe per sempre con i guerrieri ribelli. Alesia è l’ultimo avamposto della sanguinosa rivolta che ha decimato le legioni romane e messo a dura prova la sete di conquista di Cesare. Per questo adesso i capitribù gallici che difendono la città pregano solo che i rinforzi arrivino al più presto.

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.

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.

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.