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Set in the mid-1600s, in the backdrop of a small village on the west coast of Scotland famous for its ancient abbey, we meet Aradia, the youngest member of her coven and one of the few remaining covens left in Scotland. Following the introduction of the Scottish Witchcraft Act of 1649, Aradia and her coven sisters must remain hidden and out of reach of the Parish Ministers of the Reformed Church, who seek to root out and eradicate witchcraft and the very last of her kind.

A new civil war has begun: with the emperor Pertinax's murder Marcus and his protector Scaurus have escaped Rome, seeking sanctuary for their familia in the East. But they are soon pressed back into service by Septimius Severus, the ruthless commander who has seized the imperial capital and who holds the military balance of power over his two rivals. Niger, the would-be emperor in the East is on the march with six legions, and Scaurus's legion is ordered to Thrace as a sacrificial advance guard, tasked with delaying them. Whatever the cost.

The next thrilling instalment of Peter Gibbons unputdownable Saxon Warrior series The fight for a torn Kingdom rests in the hands of a few brave men… 990AD. King Aethelred II, who men will one day call The Unready, rules over a land divided by the shadowy spin of his mother Queen Ælfthryth...

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Eagles in the Storm by Ben Kane, read by David Rintoul. AD 15. The German chieftain Arminius has been defeated, one of the lost Roman eagles recovered, and thousands of German tribesmen slain. Yet these successes aren’t...

Edinburgh, January 1744: Scotland stands on the brink of armed and bloody conflict. Travelling secretly across Europe from Rome, Prince Charles Edward Stuart is determined to claim his birthright. His fervour is matched by homegrown Jacobites who long to see the House of Stuart restored to the British throne.

💥 The next BRAND NEW epic historical adventure from bestseller Donovan Cook 🛡️ Perfect for the fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew Harffy. ⚔️ A storm is coming. A storm that will banish the old and deliver the new. 450AD, Britain Octa has the spear of Woden, but the redemption he...

The fifth century has dawned in blood. The young boy exiled 30 years ago has grown into a man. One stormy autumn day, a mysterious rider is seen out on the plains. Attila has returned, his sentence served, to claim his kingdom. He will ride out at the head of no more than 100 chosen men, driven by the ambition to unite all the feuding Hunnish and Scythian tribes under single banner and a single king. 

Return to the world of Michael Livingston's THE SHARDS series — where the ancient world is shaped by gods, relics, and a magical war hidden from history… Alexandria has fallen. Egypt is broken. And Rome stands triumphant. In the wake of Cleopatra’s death, her heirs are paraded through the...

Told by the stranger Ferryman, the tales follow the fortunes of a family destined to live through that most terrible of times, the rise of one civilization and the fall of another. Before Rome became an empire, Caesar looked north, to the Gauls, eying their lands and wealth hungrily. This book begins with the escape of the slave, Gallin, from the destruction of Spartacus and his journey home to his ancestral lands. But it is long before he finds his place within his tribe again.