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Portal to Nova Roma: Paris

By: J.R. Mathews
Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland
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The epic, two-part conclusion to the Portal to Nova Roma saga begins now!

The Rhine has been conquered.
Venice is safe from pirates-for now.
And the eastern kingdoms of France have acknowledged Alexander’s claim to the frontier… and the vast riches that come with it.

For the first time, Alexander has built something lasting.
An empire with walls, shipyards, and foundries.
Warships rise from the docks. Cannons thunder from the forges. Legionnaires stand ready - armed with rifles and revolvers-to face any army foolish enough to test them.

But in a brutal medieval world, peace is always an illusion.

When French “allies” prove far less trustworthy than promised, and the king in Paris turns his eyes-and his armies-eastward, Alexander is forced to act. New alliances must be forged.

Forged in war.
Sealed by trade and diplomacy.
Paid for in blood… and cannon fire.


As the Mediterranean descends into chaos, Alexander will uncover powerful new allies-and deadly new enemies-in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic world where ambition rules and survival is never guaranteed. With new lands to claim, new powers to master, and wars unlike any he has faced before, Alexander must push beyond every limit to protect his people… and himself.

The legendary empire-building sagas reaches its most explosive chapter yet. Drums of war sound. Empires collide. And the world stands on the brink.

Join Alexander and his legions now in Portal to Nova Roma: Paris!

©2026 J.R. Mathews (P)2026 J.R. Mathews
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There's only one incredibly minor thing that I could comment on. The (American) narrator often pronounces the character's name "Basil" correctly, but every now and then he slips up and pronounces it with the American pronunciation of the herb basil. It mostly just makes me laugh, though.

Excellent book, fantastic narrator

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Amazing as always looking forward to the end extra words etc to he lo test to o

Amazing

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Somehow I imagined a roaring start with the Titan, Andronacus only to see this massive element neatly sidestepped. The meditating monk to go into crime and no real dungeon runs....altogether a surprise at every turn.

Love magician school, difficult to get away from HP boy girl boy dynamic but no Malfoy foil. Would have loved more 'magician' chapters. After posts about a massive volume was expecting a 45 hour book.

How you are going to wrap it up in only one more volume I'm not sure?? Maybe no invasion of the gods?

A long wait of 3 years.... at least only a couple of months for no 5

Thanks JRM

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This book had everything the series lacked in the prior entries from bigger threats proper magic and real world building. Incredible cliffhanger, can’t wait for empire

Mage

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While the story is progressing satisfyingly, I have no idea how the author expects to finish this in the next book. There's soooo much left, we're not even in the invasion part of the story and maybe 1/2 through the war with Paris.

It also feels Alexander is becoming whiney or speaks like a broken record. I had to skip 5-10m from a lot of chapters because all he did was looping internal dialogue about a thing he did 2 chapters ago and back then also monologued about it for 5m with basically the same words.

The book also falls victim to over-explanation. Sometimes we get reminded multiple times about his abilities that have been clearly set up few chapters ago and those are used as "combat" instead of an actual combat. "Used his ability X, that he got from Y, because of upgrade Z he can do V. The ability X was upgraded by...". So in the end some of the combat sequences are half way just ability describing.

And the escape part felt "forced". You're saying his super stealthy flying body could not fly unnoticed into a desert to a location that was not being guarded and get out? I call bs, because that's exactly what he did in previous books and he does not even try to do so because "danger". Why not just try and retreat if needed? The whole plot could have been solved so much more easily. Yea there were "golden chains in the sky" which was the only explanation and used as plot bandaid to justify the development.

Repetitive dialogue

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