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As Imperial Rome forges its empire upon the ashes of war, its provinces feverish with religion, ambition and a thirst for power compete in the shadows without conscience. Save for one. An adopted Jew of a long dead son of Rome who is playing a dangerous game. Driven by a vision he is certain is the future if he does not act, he is forced to make an unlikely alliance. An alliance that is fated to bring unwelcome attention. Not all those seeking prominence in Rome are men. At great personal cost, a provincial governor and his unwitting sons will be caught in the middle.

Rome, AD 68. Nero has committed suicide. One hundred years of imperial rule by the descendants of Julius Caesar has ended, and chaos rules. His successor Galba dismisses the incorruptible Germans of the Imperial Bodyguard for the crime of loyalty to the dead emperor. Ordering them back to their...

Mark Stone has a score to settle. A former Green Beret, he has only one activity that gives meaning to his life - finding American's forgotten fighting men, the P.O.W.'s the government has conveniently labeled M.I.A.'s, and bringing them back from their hell on earth. It's too big a job for one man. But Stone has friends. And with Hog Wiley and Terrance Loughlin-a merc from east Texas and a crack British commando - Stone returns to the steaming jungles of Laos on a do-or-die mission.

1296 AD: the whole of Western Europe trembles on the brink of war. South of the Pyrenees, the Christian and Moorish kingdoms fight and scheme against each for control of Hispania. To the north, the rival kings of England and France feverishly enlist allies as they battle for supremacy on the Continent. Even as the armies clash, spies and double agents fight their own bloody war in the shadows. From the safety of old age, En Pascal of Valencia recalls his own exploits in this brutal and treacherous era.

Missing: Lee Daniels, American journalist stationed in Moscow. The Soviets deny any involvement, but the US government knows better. There's only one way to get Daniels out of Russia: brute force. And ex-Green Beret Mark Stone is just the man for the job. It's the mission of a lifetime with the ultimate enemy. From Moscow to Leningrad, the KGB's deadliest agents lay in waiting, weapons poised, ready to crush any rescue attempt in a bloodstorm of bullets.

US Army Sergeant Harry Archer has been listed as "missing in action" since the Vietnam War ended 40+ years ago. When he suddenly escapes his Vietnamese captors, he's armed with the knowledge of a classified top-secret agreement that was reached between former US President Richardson and North Vietnam's leader. The agreement enabled Vietnam to retain specific POWs with skills vital to rebuilding that country.

Willkommen zurück in Mauswald! Der Marquis de Hoto, seines Zeichens Magier und sprechendes weißes Kaninchen, und sein junger Zauberlehrling ahnen nichts Böses, als sie in dem verschlafenen Städtchen vorbeischauen. Doch die hellsichtigen Visionen einer alten Fledermaus bringen die zwei bald auf die Spur des hinterhältigen Squamatax. Die Echse ist auf der Suche nach einem sagenumwobenen elektromagischen Artefakt, das ihm das Weltenwandern ermöglichen soll. Diese Fähigkeit, zwischen Orten und Zeiten zu reisen, haben sonst nur legendäre Baumläufer, Hüter der Portalwelten wie der Marquis.

Il suo regno nasce nella menzogna e nella corruzione, eppure sarà lui a condurre Roma alla gloria imperitura, sconfiggendo nemici impavidi e progetti espansionistici e scrivendo un'epopea mirabolante, nella quale si intrecciano aspirazione e brama di potere, sangue e passione, amore e desideri inconfessabili. La sua nascita è avvenuta sotto il segno glorioso dell'aquila. Il suo nome significa "destinato a regnare".