The Trial by Battle Compendium is a supplement for Trial by Battle: Quick and Easy Medieval Wargames Rules. The Compendium features optional new rules, new unit types, a points system and army lists and several historical scenarios.Trial by Battle is a set of wargames rules for playing games set in the Medieval period of history. They are designed to be easy to learn and to play and are ideal for a quick game. They are ideal for players who are not very familiar with wargames rules...

A knight's quest through magic and deception—where love may be the deadliest illusion of all.In the haunted depths of Shadowmere Forest, where mist coils through ancient oaks and magic shapes every shadow, Sir Wanlass rides toward a destiny he barely understands. Once the most celebrated knight of Regoddin, he now pushes through exhaustion, doubt, and wounds of body and soul—all for the sake of Modron, the enigmatic pagan queen whose love has bound his hea...

A Medieval Mystery where Magic and Demons are Real!Death on the Lips is a Sotil and Savage Mystery—a novella length story set in an England of the Fourteenth Century where magic works and demons are real.The Countess of Suffolk lies dead in her own bedchamber. Her body has been horribly mutilated. Clearly a case of a demon attack according to her chamberlain. The alchemist she retained has fled the house—and surely he must be to blame? But when Jake finds a pot of lip paint...

Medieval Action AdventureThe year is 1370. The English have again brought fire and sword to the country of France. An army devastates the country on its march south to Paris, hungry for loot and glory. But redemption is what Richard Stone seeks—having run away from home after a family tragedy for which he is responsible. The French resist as best they can—but to stand and fight the English they learn is a fools game.Eolande, neighbour of Richard's, has also left home—in sea...

Lieutenant John Smith (Smithers) is sent on a mission which he knows very little about. Flying at night, he must pick up an agent behind enemy lines and get them to safety. The less he knows, it seems, the better. Dangerous, but not impossible. But the task of transporting the agent takes on a twist that Smithers couldn't foresee and dangers he didn't expect.The Smithers books are anti-Biggles stories for the modern reader. They are tales of an officer from a working-class backgrou...

What if the traitor you had thought dead came back to haunt you?"I can see that you are troubled. You toss and turn in your sleep. Why? What disturbs your dreams tonight? I expect you have forgotten about me, haven't you?"A ghost from his past has come back to haunt the dreams of the great Holy Roman Emperor, the Stupor Mundi—Wonder of the World, Frederick II. The ghost is bitter. He has not been treated well by the Emperor. But he does not seek vengeance. He comes offering...

Alt Hist Issue 5 features another fine mix of stories covering a variety of historical periods from the 1800s to post-War USA.This issue includes five new original works of fiction including stories about Al Capone and Italian Futurism, the aftermath of the American Civil War, the real Frankenstein, the Bridge that consumes the souls of men, and the latest instalment in a series of stories about a successful Nazi invasion of Britain.Alt Hist is the magazine of Historical Fi...

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

While the King James Version of the Bible shaped the English language, modern English is not the English of the 1600s. Pick up a King James Bible, and it's easy to spot words we don't use anymore--from beeves and bolled to harts and hosen. But modern readers face the greater danger of "false friends"--words we think we know but don't.The KJV is filled with words that, because of language changes over four centuries, we don't realize we're misunde...

A rich and revealing portrait of Gubby Allen the enigmatic influencer behind English cricket for almost 50 years.From renowned cricket writer-historian Mark Peel, a Cricket Society Award-winner and two-time British Sports Book Awards finalist.Drawing on previously unseen correspondence between Allen and Don Bradman, this book transforms our understanding of their relationship and lays bare Allen’s private views on a range of contentious subjects.Rea...

First performed at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre**, the first stage play from the SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES**It's been 25 years since Alfred Chalmers was convicted of the gruesome murder of four young women in Edinburgh. Isobel McArthur, Scotland's first Chief Constable, was the woman responsible for putting him behind bars, but the case has haunted her ever since.Now, with her retirement approaching, McArthur decides the time has ...

The Silk Road After Ukraine: A New Vision for Eurasian Integration explores the long-term implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Eurasian supply chains and Eurasia’s development trajectory. Through an in-depth examination of China’s original motivations for launching the New Silk Road, contextualized with the potential impacts on other players along the trade corridor, this book assesses how states that were largely left out of the pre-invasion may capitalize on the new o...