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Tamworth AD833 After successfully rescuing her husband from the Island of Sheppey, Icel hears the deathbed confession of Lady Cynehild which leaves him questioning what he knows about his past, as well as his future. In the unenviable position of being oath sworn to protect their two atheling sons when Lord Coenwulf is punished and banished for his treason against the Mercian ruler, King Wiglaf, Icel is once more torn between his oaths and the secret he knows.

The First Jewish Revolt against Rome in the first century led to the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple, and to the rise of Christianity and modern Judaism. Now for the first time, ancient eyewitness accounts have been transformed into a series of suspense-laden novels, letting you enter the lives of the men and women involved on both sides. You get to experience their fears and hopes and dreams as they are forced to confront life and death and the meaning of their lives on a daily basis. This is an epic story you that will keep you engaged!

Five years before, Aeschylus dragged his battered body home after a lifetime of service in Aegina's navy. He'd hoped for a place to curl up and forget. Instead, he'd found himself the city guard's captain and in the middle of a political firefight with Aegina's rival and nearest neighbor, Athens. No one with any sense would join the guard. Young hoplites itching for glory and gold joined the marines or were hired as mercenaries. There was always a war somewhere. Aeschylus needed a decent guardsman. Someone who understood that everyone deserved the same level of protection.

To mord begås under mystiske omstændigheder i kong Cheops palads i hovedstaden Memphis i det gamle Egypten. Cheops personlige livvagt og ven Semper sætter sit liv på spil for at løse mysteriet. "Døden i sandstormen" er en kriminalroman, som foregår ca. 2500 år før vor tidsregning. Forfatteren hedder Stefan A. H. Holmgren. Han er født i 1959 og debuterede med den halvdokumentariske thriller "Cheops og den skjulte trussel" i 2008.

Eigentlich ist Evelyn Waugh bekannt für seine bissigen Satiren auf die aristokratischen Kreise seiner Zeit. Doch das ungewöhnliche Leben der Kaiserin Helena, Mutter Konstantins des Großen, die enormen Konflikte dieser Zeit, ihre Pilgerreise nach Palästina und die politischen Intrigen des imperialistischen Roms inspirierten ihn zu einem fesselnden Geschichtsroman. Waugh war erst Maler, dann Lehrer, Reporter und Kunsttischler, bis er in der Literatur seine Berufung fand. Seinen historischen wie geistreichen Abstecher in die Frühzeit des Christentums liest Walter Hilsbecher.

Das Leben eines Spions – das Schicksal eines Imperiums. Kaledonien, 210 n. Chr.: Die Römer haben Britannien fest in der Hand, doch müssen die Krieger Roms immer wieder mit Angriffen lokaler Stämme rechnen. Spione sollen widerständige Kämpfer aufspüren. Auf einer solchen Mission befindet sich auch Silus. Als er einen Stammesführer überfällt und köpft, schwört ihm dessen Sohn ewige Rache. Während ihn der eine Augustus – Caracalla – dafür belohnen und befördern will, setzt sich dessen Co-Augustus, sein Bruder Geta, für eine harte Strafe ein.

Der fulminante Abschluss der großen historischen Saga um die tapferen Gladiatoren. 225 n. Chr.: In den finsteren Wäldern der Provinz Rätien müssen die ehemaligen Gladiatoren nach einem abtrünnigen römischen Offizier fahnden. Doch plötzlich sitzen sie inmitten der eisigen Bergtäler fest, jeder Fluchtweg ist abgeschnitten. Erst jetzt offenbart sich die wahre Gefahr ihrer Mission. Sie geraten nicht nur zwischen die Fronten der verschiedenen in den Alpen ansässigen Stämme, sondern auch ins Kreuzfeuer der bösartigen Machtpolitik Roms.

King Aethelred the Unready's Kingdom of the English is threatened. Olaf Tryggvason and his fleet of Viking warships snap at the coastal edges like ravenous wolves, and Sweyn Forkbeard, King of the Danes, has landed in East Anglia with an army of battle-hardened warriors. Ealdorman Byrhtnoth of Essex must stand against them faced with overwhelming odds, forging his legend in the blood of his deadly enemies.

The tide of soldiers washed over the Legion shields. Buried, the ranks of Legionaries sagged. "Push!" the Legion NCO yelled. Welcome to 264 B.C. Over the grunts and cries of men struggling against the mass of bodies pressing down on them, the Optio bellowed again, "Push!" And the Legion shields rose, rolling back the tide. The higher the shields, the more soldiers slid off, and the straighter the Legionaries stood. One shield tilted back, and a mercenary soldier tumbled behind the ranks. An infantryman stepped back and drove his blade between the soldier's ribs.

Here is a brilliant recounting of the life of Odysseus after his safe return to the island of Ithaca, his wife Penelope, and his son Telemachus. Countless readers and listeners have thrilled to the adventures of Odysseus in The Iliad and The Odyssey, but what further adventures awaited him after his ten years of war and ten years of wandering? Narrated by Telemachus to the bard Phemios, On Wine-Dark Seas speaks of the human drama of a man gone twenty years from home and family, a man who saw Troy on the night of its destruction, a man who lives the special quest which is his destiny.

L'esercito romano, sotto il principato di Marco Aurelio e Lucio Vero, è impegnato nella difficile conquista dell'impero partico, a Oriente. Tre cavalieri, Tito, Bendix e Magnus, si ritrovano coinvolti nel saccheggio del palazzo reale della capitale Seleucia. Ma dai sotterranei dell'edificio si diffonde una minaccia capace di spezzare qualunque armata: una terribile pestilenza, che costringe i romani a rinunciare alla campagna.

Caesar is the praetorian governor of Further Spain when war breaks out against a rebel with a familiar name: Quintus Sertorius. The late Roman rebel left a half-Iberian son behind, and now he's determined to win freedom for his people. But there's one problem: Gaius Julius Caesar is in his way.

“Nell’anno XV° dell’Imperatore Tiberio, Dio discese in Cafarnao e insegnò agli ebrei” Così iniziava il Vangelo di uno dei primi eretici della storia. Nato cinquant’anni dopo la Crocifissione di Cristo. Qualche secolo più tardi, da Tatev partì la rivolta. Da lì prese vita la setta che si dotò del Simbolo del Male.

Ein riesiges Imperium. Ein blutiger Machtkampf. Und eine Frau, die über alle triumphiert. 192 n. C.: Das Römische Reich leidet unter der Herrschaft von Kaiser Commodus, der als grausam und wahnsinnig gilt. Als er einer tödlichen Intrige zum Opfer fällt, kämpfen die mächtigsten Männer Roms um die Herrschaft. Unterdessen schmiedet Julia Domna, Gattin des Statthalters Septimius Severus, eigene ehrgeizige Pläne: Sie will eine neue Dynastie begründen. Kaum jemand ahnt, dass die bildschöne Julia die Mechanismen der Macht besser durchschaut als all ihre Rivalen.

Iceland, AD 935. Einar Unnsson is destined to be great. When he fights, a frenzy comes upon him. It makes him lethal in battle – so lethal he just defeated the man his own father sent to kill him. Now, with Einar exiled from his kingdom, his father turns his vengeance on Einar's mother – his escaped former bedslave. Yet Einar is in no position to protect her. He's made an enemy of the powerful King Eirik and must fight for his own life before he can save her. Einar depends on the Wolf Coats, a band of fearsome, bloodthirsty warriors, but they're convinced the fates have cursed them.

AD 935 - Late Winter, City of Jorvik. Einar is destined to be a great Icelandic warrior. He has already defeated the men sent to kill him by his notorious father, Jarl Thorfinn, the 'Skull Cleaver' of Orkney. He has a gift that makes him lethal in battle. Yet he has cast it all off to be a bard. When three men attack him, Einar's poetry provides little protection. Luckily, the skilled archer and Norse-Irish princess Affreca saves him. She'd assumed Einar had left to raise an army, challenge Thorfinn and seize the Jarldom of Orkney. Now she's determined to set him back onto his rightful path.

AD 916. In the Orkney Isles, a young woman flees her home to save the life of her unborn child. Eighteen years later, a witch foretells that evil from her past is reaching out again to threaten her son. Outlawed from his home in Iceland, Einar Unnsson is thrown on the mercy of his Uncle, the infamous Jarl Thorfinn 'Skull Cleaver' of Orkney. He joins forces with a Norse-Irish princess and a company of wolfskin-clad warriors to become a player in a deadly game for control of the Irish sea.

AD 936. The great warrior, Einar Unnsson, wants revenge. His mother's assassin has stolen her severed head and Einar is hungry for his blood. Only one thing holds him back. He is a newly sworn in Wolf Coat, and must accompany them on their latest quest. The Wolf Coats are a band of fearsome bloodthirsty warriors, who roam the seas, killing any enemies who get in their way. Now they're determined to destroy their mortal enemy, King Eirik, who has captured the throne of Norway. Yet, for Einar, the urge to return to Iceland is growing every day.

The acclaimed author of Sistersong transforms the story of Herla and the Wild Hunt into a rich, feminist fantasy in this stunning tale of two great warriors, a war-torn land, and an ancient magic that is slowly awakening. Britain, 60AD. Hoping to save her lover, her land, and her people from the...

Four novella-length stories written to illuminate Lindsey Davis's unparalleled output of the last 30 years, with an introduction written and narrated by the author. Lindsey Davis has received the Crime Writer's Association Lifetime Achievement Award for her two immortal series of detective...