Spears fly like thunderbolts from the gods, and the nightmare is only beginning.In 244 BCE, nineteen-year-old Agis takes the throne of a Sparta that has forgotten what made it great. The legendary warriors have grown fat on gold and luxury. The helots, a conquered people forced to till Spartan land for Spartan masters, seethe with suppressed fury. And the five powerful ephors who truly control the city have no interest in change.Agis dares anyway. His plan is as radical as ...

Writer Jack Adler describes 75 famous friendships throughout history from mythical to contemporary times. Along the way, the lives and personalities of artists, politicians, philosophers, soldiers, and outlaws are outlined, including some personal details that may not be well-known. The author shows how contrasting as well as comparable personalities, characters and temperaments can support and strengthen each other, and explores the range of ties that may influence a person during one pha...

Tired of losing money at the racetrack? Horse Racing: An Opinion might well be the remedy. It is clever, witty, and strewn with insights.The book's goal: enhance and enrich the reader's appreciation of horse racing by providing a unique conceptual framework from which to view the sport.The book offers the reader a new way of seeing, a new set of eyes.Not only will it enhance the reader's appreciation of the sport, but it will also enhance the health of one'...

The year is AD655. With allies in every kingdom, the great warrior king, Penda of Mercia, stands in a position of power throughout Britain.Just one kingdom stands aloof, that of Bernicia to the north. Ruled by King Oswiu, the brother of the long-dead King Oswald of Northumbria, Oswiu schemes for a unified kingdom of Northumbria, despite Penda’s desire to truncate those wishes.As Penda and Oswiu align themselves for one more final battle of survival and supremacy, alliances ...

PREORDER SWORD OF THE WAR GOD, THE EXCITING NEW HISTORICAL EPIC FROM TIM HODKINSON, NOW!In Roman Britain, a Celtic warrior rides out on a deadly mission. A thrilling blend of legend and history, bloody battles and daring deeds by the author of the Whale Road Chronicles.A priceless relic – a thankless quest – who will make it out alive?Britannia, 58 AD. Fergus MacAmergin is a man out of place. An Ir...

Protect your family, defend the empire, honour the gods.This is the code you have lived by all your life, Pacorus. Everything you have undertaken has been with those three objectives uppermost in your mind. And now your life's work is nearly complete. Your family prospers, the empire is safe, and the gods are the indifferent, callous, bloodthirsty deities they have been since the dawn of time.And yet, they can also be generous, even kind. After a wearisome battle to defend y...

As Titus Porcinianus Pullus has learned, some enemies wear the same uniform, but now Titus is confronted with the fact that not all threats to him and those he loves can be dispatched with the Gallic sword passed down to him by his famous grandfather, Camp Prefect Titus Pullus. In Marching With Caesar-Fraternitas, the eleventh installment of the international bestselling Marching With Caesar® series, Titus' professional challenges are secondary to those posed by the enlistment of his broth...

Legio XVII Series, Book 3 (historical fiction): Following Scipio's victory at Ilipa, Spain in 206 BC, Mago Barca, Hannibal's brother, sails with his army to the northern Italian port of Genoa in 205, to attempt to do what his brother Hasdrubal failed to do in 207: reinforce the embattled Hannibal. Mago recruits mercenaries from as far away as Illyria (modern Albania) and Posonium (modern Slovakia). Praetor Manius Tullus leads Legiones XVII and V Etrusci to Verona to prevent the mercenaries...

Set during the 2nd Punic War, this book immerses readers in battlefield clashes, innovative tactics, strategic planning, and inspiring leadership. It starts when Timur, Chief of the Cimbri/Teuton Tribes, leads 300,000 people on an epic six year 700 mile migration through land occupied by hostile and friendly Tribes from Jutland to the Danube River. Timur's 90,000 man Army crosses the river at night and overpowers the Suevi defenders, whose leader, Bethica, appeals to Rome to repel the inva...

A certain seer warned Caesar to be on his guard against a great peril on the day of the month of March which the Romans call the Ides; 6 and when the day had come and Caesar was on his way to the senate-house, he greeted the seer with a jest and said: 'Well, the Ides of March are come,' and the seer said to him softly: 'Ay, they are come, but they are not gone."~Plutarch, Parallel LivesWhat if Gaius Julius Caesar had heeded that warning and the other signs leading up to the ...

They called themselves Companions – those who escaped from Italy with Pacorus in the aftermath of Spartacus' uprising, travelling across the Mediterranean to make their home in Parthia. They subsequently assisted Pacorus in turning the Kingdom of Dura into one of the strongest realms in the Parthian Empire.But one Companion was unwittingly left behind and condemned to the living hell of Roman slavery. When Pacorus discovers this he and a band of comrades embark on a perilous quest ...

For Flavius there is only one way to return honour to his family name - glorious deeds done in battle and his own death.The Roman army in Macedonia is on the verge of a great victory that will finally give it control of Greece. But for Flavius, who has become a pariah back in Rome, the battle is a chance to win his name respect.'The Honour of Rome' is an Historical Fiction short story.Also includes a free bonus short story: Chivalry: A Jake Savage Adventure