Set in the 1950's, this epic, Warholian novel presents a brilliant and wholly original take on the years leading up to the Kennedy assassination.Where were you when you first heard President Kennedy had been shot? This is a question most people can answer, even if the answer is "I wasn't born yet." In this epic novel, David Bowman makes the strong case that the shooting on November 22nd, 1963 was the major, defining turning point that catapulted the world into an e...

Over several years the armies of Carthage and Rome have fought each other to a bloody stalemate. Neither can gain a decisive advantage on land. On the sea Carthage's fleet reigns supreme, and the tiny Roman navy is no match for the bigger, faster, more numerous, and better-trained Carthaginians.It is 264 BC, and the First Punic War is going nowhere fast.

Athens has been humbled on the battlefield. Her army broken, her fleets destroyed. But Athens herself is untouched. Handro takes his chance. His orders are to humiliate but not sack the city the inhabitants think of as the cultural capital of the world. It's a formidable city to attack, even with its reduced garrison. Can he carry out his orders? Can he walk the fine line that divides destroying Athens' morale from uniting the Greek city-states? He has his doubts, but he has his orders. Th...

Phillip would be king of Macedonia if the Carthaginians hadn't arrived. Now he must lead a last desperate rebellion against the overlords from across the sea. Is it still his destiny to rule, or has Carthage the wit and might to destroy the dynasty before Alexander is even born? It is 359 BC, and the nexus of history is upon them.

The tribes of Gaul have been a thorn in the side of Carthage for far too long. Penned in by Carthaginian-occupied Spain to the West, Britain to the North, Italy to the East, and the even wilder tribes in across the Rhine, the Gauls must finally fight or die. During one battle, a slave of Roman descent saves a Carthaginian force from certain defeat and annihilation. Given his freedom, he elects to join the meritocratic officer corps of the army of his erstwhile masters. It is 56 BC, and his...

The Parthians dealt a bitter blow to the military elite of Carthage. Now Hannibal II will lead a punitive expedition across the Danube and, after an epic trek, will assail the wild bowmen from the east. This time the longbow will not be outclassed.It is 149 AD, and this time Carthage is fighting for revenge.

Hanno has made friends with the local tribe and even married the chief's daughter, but can he get home? He needs to repair his ships, but his tools don't work so well on the local oak. Can he turn this to his advantage? Meanwhile, what of the trader; can he be trusted? Could he be dealt with without offending his father-in-law? Should he do so anyway? What is this mysterious fortress, Mai Dan? Could these be allies?

Forty years earlier the Vikings sent a fleet of Carthaginian galleys to the bottom of the North Sea, and left the bones of a Carthaginian army to whiten in the snows of Finland. It may have taken forty years but now it is time for Carthage to have its revenge. The last European tribes to challenge Carthage will now find out what that ancient challenge really costs.It is 389AD, and Carthage has its revenge.

After generations of peace, the increasingly violent raids against her northern provinces cause Carthage to raise her battle standards once more. The Scandinavian tribes are bringing misery to Britain and the shores of Gaul. It is time for the military machine to fight again. The invincible galleys of Carthage will face the most fearsome sea-going peoples of all time.It is 319 AD, and Carthage has a new and vicious enemy.

One sorry for himself, Athenian philosopher and mathematician. Exiled from Athens on pain of death. Banned from teaching. But for Carthage, he holds a key. His theories could lead to a navigation system that will enable them to extend their supremacy. Anaxagoras has a choice. Help the natural enemies of Athens or fade into obscurity? Hanno wants his man and the secrets to accurate navigation his brain may hold. But does he owe loyalty to the city that has discarded him? It's 450 BC and Han...

Hanno's grandson has a problem. Carthage wants control of Sicily. So does Athens. Only the port of Syracuse holds out against Carthage's ambitions. But it has held out for four long years. Carthage is sick of war. Carthage wants its son's home. Can his final desperate plan succeed in breaking Athens' final holding in the Western Mediterranean? It's 409 BC. Can Handro meet and make his destiny?

Pushing north, the Carthaginian forces have conquered Denmark. The Angles, the Saxons, and the Franks have been overrun. The galleys of the Carthaginian fleet control the seas from Spain to Denmark. Protected in this way, the British reap the benefits of the peace the rest of the empire has enjoyed.It is 332 AD, and finally, the northern empire can catch its breath.