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Selected stories from an age of Gods and Empires.  | | Alison,
Jane
The Love Artist
Banished to the far reaches of the empire after the publication of his scandalous Art of Love, Roman poet Ovid encounters Xenia, a beguiling witch who can teach the master a thing or two.
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 | | Bradshaw,
Gillian
Alchemy of Fire
Retired royal concubine Anna is through with history, but is it done with her? The secret weapon being cooked up in her perfume shop just might mean salvation for the Byzantine Empire against a bold new enemy.
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 | | Cook,
Elizabeth
Achilles
This intensely lyrical novel tells of the rage and glory of a hero born of the gods and doomed to die as a man, in prose that seethes with blood, mud, and inky fate.
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 | | Crace,
Jim
Quarantine
Five pilgrims come to the desert to fast and pray for forty days: a dying man, a barren woman, a vain ascetic, a dumb peasant, and a young would-be healer named Jesus. Will the Devil show up, and in what form?
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 | | Dietrich,
William
The Scourge of God
Roman diplomat Jonas Alabanda lives to rue the day he was sent on a mission to assassinate a tribal warlord whose name alone will come to strike terror in the heart of an entire empire: Attila, the Hun.
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 | | Duffy,
James
Sand of the Arena
A victim of identity theft, Quintus Romanus becomes a gladiator to win his life back, or die trying. Reality TV's got nothing on this vivid depiction of ancient bloodsport, first in a series.
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 | | Durham,
David Anthony
Pride of Carthage
This richly-detailed and compelling saga reveals the man behind the myth of Hannibal, who left African shores and traversed the known world to pluck the Roman eagle from its lofty perch.
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 | | Edghill,
India
Queenmaker
In the tradition of Anita Diamant's The Red Tent, this is the story of the first First Lady, Queen Michal, who quietly ensures the success and succession of her power-hungry, faithless husband and King, David.
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 | | Essex,
Karen
Kleopatra
Think you already know all about Egypt's Great Queen? Think again. Here is a swift, engaging portrait of the master politician in her youth, honing her craft amidst upheaval and shifting geopolitics.
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 | | Gedge,
Pauline
The Hippopotamus Marsh
The true kings and queens of Egypt have been living in exile for centuries, but their haughty usurpers' outlandish demands have just become the straw that broke the hippo's back. First of a trilogy.
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 | | Halter,
Marek
Sarah
To escape a forced marriage, a Sumerian girl takes drugs that render her barren, fit only to be a priestess to Ishtar, although a sly shepherd named Abram thinks otherwise. First in a trilogy.
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 | | Ford,
Michael Curtis
The Last King: Rome's Greatest Enemy
As the Roman Republic grew to engulf its neighbors, one mighty Persian King stood alone against the tides of fate, vanquishing the foe again and again. Here is the little known story of Mithradates the Great.
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 | | Gear,
Michael ; Gear,
Kathleen
People of the Raven
In Washington State circa 7,300 BC, the Raven People struggle to dominate and assimilate the caucasiod North Wind People. This entry in a popular series is inspired by the recent Kennewick Man discoveries.
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 | | Grundy,
Stephan
Gilgamesh
A proud hero has all he needs, except humility, but death is a great teacher. The Sumerian legend - the oldest story known to man - is rendered anew in novel form.
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 | | Iggulden,
Conn
Emperor: The Gates of Rome
All great men were once boys, and dire enemies may begin as friends. Join in the rough and tumble upbringing of Marcus and Gaius, whose games will eventually shake the world. First in a series.
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 | | Jacq,
Christian
Ramses: The Son of Light
Someday he will wage war against Hittites and Nubians and fight the Hebrew exodus, but first he must wrest the succession from his elder brother by catching his father's eye, and the gods'. First in a series.
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 | | Jong,
Erica
Sappho's Leap
In this spirited and provocative account of her adventures across archaic Greece, the mother of poetry holds her own with men and gods, but only death can liberate her from love.
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 | | Kakar,
Sudhir
The Ascetic of Desire: a novel of the Kama Sutra
The sensual, thought-provoking story of the mysterious 4th century teacher Vatsayana, who sought to join the soul and the body - or bodies - in worship, quenching desire to transcend it.
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| | Larsen,
Jeanne
Silk Road
Kidnapped by thieves from her home in 8th century China, high-born Greenpearl sets out on a strange, captivating journey where she will encounter new gods and goddesses, and become new herself.
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 | | Lawhead,
Steve
Patrick
Born into a Christian family in 5th century Wales, noble young Succat must lose his wealth, faith and name to the Celts, before he can discover the mission that will one day make him patron saint of Ireland.
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 | | Lliteras,
D.S.
Jerusalem's Rain
After helplessly watching the torture and death of their teacher, his followers face a dark night of the soul in the mean streets of Jerusalem, circa 33 A.D., as they struggle with guilt and wonder what to do.
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 | | Mitchison,
Naomi
The Corn King and the Spring Queen
Scythian sorceress Erif Der was married to Tarrik in order to seal his fate as a ritual human sacrifice, but when the pair fall in love and flee to Sparta, the cycle of death and rebirth is broken.
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 | | Oden,
Scott
Men of Bronze
Will millennia of Egyptian dominance be swept away in the Persian tide? Not if the savage warrior Hasdrubal Barca can hold the Sinai, and outwit the treacherous Greeks and Bedouins who would betray Pharaoh.
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 | | Pressfield,
Steven
Gates of Fire
This is the stirring tale of guts and glory, blood, brawn, and bone-jarring combat as wave after wave of Persian attackers crash on the mighty shore of Spartan shields in a last ditch effort at Thermopylae.
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 | | Renault,
Mary
The Last of the Wine
A vivid, haunting picture of Athens as Socrates knew it, a brash young democracy at the twilight of its greatness. Renault also depicts the exploits of Alexander the Great in Fire From Heaven and its sequels.
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 | | Scott,
Manda
Dreaming the Eagle
A girl in Celtic Britain learns to fight and kill among warring tribes, as a dread army sets out from Rome to terrorize her land and unify the people under her sword. First in the Boudica trilogy.
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 | | Tarr,
Judith
Daughter of Lir
Raised in obscurity, the ill-omened priestess mother of her matriarchal Bronze Age city quests for a way to fend off a new high-tech weapon sweeping in from the Steppes: the chariot.
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 | | Turteltaub,
H.N.
The Gryphon's Skull
This entry in the Hellenic seafaring adventures of Menedemos and his erudite cousin Sostratos, find the duo bickering over a strange piece of cargo that may prove both mythological and profitable.
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 | | Wolfe,
Gene
Latro in the Mist
A mercenary in the Persian Wars, Latro sustains a head injury that wipes clean his memory each night, yet enables him to see and communicate with gods, monsters and shades of the dead.
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 | | Yourcenar,
Marguerite
Memoirs of Hadrian
This stylish, intimate narrative told by a great emperor as he approaches his final, un-winnable battle is a must-read for fans of Robert Graves' I, Claudius or Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.
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