AD 69. Aulus Caecina Severus has thrown in his lot with the hedonistic Vitellius & prepares his legions for a gruelling march over the Alps. Driven by the desire to repay the treachery of his former patron the Emperor Galba & to keep his rival Valens in check Severus leads his army against barbarian rebellions & against the mountains themselves in his race to reach Italy first. With the vast Po valley almost in sight news reaches the army that Galba has been killed in a coup & that Otho has been declared Emperor by the Praetorians who he had bribed to murder their own emperor. But there is no turning back for Severus even if he wanted to. The Rhine legions want their man on the throne & they won't stop until they reach Rome itself. Even once Otho is defeated the battle for supremacy between Severus & Valens is far from over. The politics of the court & the mob is the new battleground & Severus needs the help of his wife Salonina & his freedman Totavalas in this constant game of thrones. When stories spread of a new power in the east Severus has to decide where his real loyalty lies: to his Emperor to his city or to himself? ...

This brilliant reconception of the Arthurian epic cuts through the familiar myths & tells the story of the real King Arthur: Artos the Bear the mighty warrior-king who saved the last lights of Western civilization when the barbarian darkness descended in the fifth century. Artos here comes alive: bold & forceful in battle warm & generous in friendship tough in politics shrewd in the strategy of war
- & tender & tragically tormented in love. Out of the braiding of ancient legend fresh research soaring imagination & hypnotic narrative skill comes a novel that has richly earned its reputation as a classic.
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The Long Night has begun. The Endlords & their dark army of Unmade prepare to unleash untold destruction upon the world. Every Sull warrior must step forward & fight or risk the North falling into eternal darkness. Key to mankinds survival is the sacred warrior Ash March. But for Ash to realise her true potential as a Reach & become the Sulls greatest weapon she must keep herself safe as the perils that surround her multiply. Raif Sevrance has an equally perilous task. The exile must travel to the barren wastes of the Red Glaciers & recover the legendary sword named Loss. For Sull legend decrees that he who wields the Sword from Red Ice will bring terror to their enemies. But fulfilment of these goals may yet come too late. In the remote reaches of the Bitter Hills the Endlords minions have made a cataclysmic discovery: a crack in the Blindwall an ancient & unguarded passage leading directly into the realms of men. ...

The extraordinary story of a boy called Wart
- ignored by everyone except his tutor Merlyn
- who goes on to become King Arthur.

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Born in the storm that doomed his father Connavar grows to manhood among the mist-covered mountains of Caer Druagh where the Rigante tribe dwell in harmony with the land & its gods. But beyond the border across the water an evil force is gathering strength an unstoppable force that will change the world beyond all recognition. Haunted by malevolent spirits & hunted by evil men Connavar sets out on a spectacular mission to save his people. In this latest tale of love & honour friendship & courage from the master of the genre Gemmell explores the intriguing worlds of Celtic myth & earth magic. ...

Tunnelling deep under one of the most holy cities in the world an ambitious young archaeologist slowly works her way towards an unthinkable goal. Somewhere ahead is a chamber containing the collected fragments of an ancient scripture a find of unimaginable significance. Meanwhile halfway around the world a covert military bunker holds a macabre secret. An elite special-forces officer seems to have been brutally murdered
- but how & more disturbingly why? Any hope of solving the mystery rests on the grisly clues that remain. As the race to uncover the truth begins a plot unfolds that could burn all of civilization in the fires of holy Armageddon. Those who live by the sword...
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Sword of God" is the crackling second novel from Chris Kuzneski. Tunnelling deep under one of the most holy cities in the world an ambitious young archaeologist slowly works her way towards an unthinkable goal. Somewhere ahead is a chamber containing the collected fragments of an ancient scripture a find of unimaginable significance. Meanwhile halfway around the world a covert military bunker holds a macabre secret. An elite special-forces officer seems to have been brutally murdered
- but how & more disturbingly why? Any hope of solving the mystery rests on the grisly clues that remain. As the race to uncover the truth begins a plot unfolds that could burn all of civilization in the fires of holy Armageddon. Chris Kuzneski is renowned for his gripping plots & Sword of God is no exception. Fans of James Rollins & Andy Mc Dermott will love any of his titles which include " Sign of the Cross" " The Lost Throne" & " The Death Relic". Praise for Chris Kuzneski: " Excellent! High stakes fast action vibrant characters... Not to be missed!". (Lee Child). " Think Indiana Jones & The Da Vinci Code & you're in Kuzneski-land". (" Sunday Sport"). " Makes you wish it would never end". (Clive Cussler). Chris Kuzneski is the international bestselling author of " Sign of the Cross" an acclaimed thriller that has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His first novel " The Plantation" introduced the characters of Payne & Jones & received rave reviews. Although he grew up in Indiana PA he currently lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida."
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This work is set in March 1814. Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho returns to England from several months rigorous patrolling off the North American coast. War with the United States has not yet ended but news of Napoleons defeat & abdication has stunned a navy & a nation bled by years of European conflict. Victory has been the impossible dream & now for Bolitho a vision of the future & a personal peace seems attainable. However an unsympathetic Admiralty dispatches him to Malta. In this appointment a compliment or a malicious ploy to keep Bolitho from the woman he loves & the freedom he craves? He cannot know but the voice of duty speaks more insistently even than the voice of the heart & in this familiar sea where both glory & tragedy have touched his life Bolitho must confront the future the renaissance of a hated tyrant & the fulfilment of destiny. ...

It is the darkest hour of the darkest Age. King Arthur is dead killed by his wicked nephew Mordred. Saxon invaders rampage across the land & forces of evil are gathering. The path to the throne lies open to Arthurs only remaining flesh & blood
- Mordred. But there is one with a better claim than Mordred
- Arthurs secret child. Brought by Merlin to enchanted Avalon as a baby & raised there for protection the kings heir must take up a vital quest: to search for the four magical Lights with the power to restore Arthurs soul to his body. Introducing Rhianna Pendragon: unlikely princess & Camelots last hope.

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Rome has lost its greatest warrior
- for Aulus the doom-laden prophecy of forty years earlier has come to pass. It is now left
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