Het tweede deel in de succesvolle historische serie Strijder voor Rome De Romeinse keizer Aurelianus heeft koningin Zenobia van Syria verslagen en de Palmyreense opstand de kop ingedrukt. Daarbij is Fariduns Vaandel, het geheiligde strijdvandaal van het Perzische Rijk, in Romeinse handen gevallen. Maar aan de vooravond van de ondertekening van een historisch vredesakkoord, waarbij het aan de Perzen zal worden teruggegeven, raakt Fariduns Vaandel zoek. Romeins legionair Cassius Corbulo word...

Wanneer de plaatsvervangende commandant van de geheime dienst van het Romeinse Rijk op Rhodos wordt vermoord, ziet Romeins legionair Cassius Corbulo zichzelf al snel in het onderzoek verwikkeld raken. Andermaal bijgestaan door zijn lijfwacht en ex-gladiator Indavara en hulp Simo wordt zijn zoektocht naar de waarheid bemoeilijkt als de eigenzinnige dochter van de dode, Annia, erbij betrokken raakt. De wilde zee trotserend volgen Cassius en zijn mannen het spoor van de moordenaar richting he...

'Zodra de actie losbarst, kan je het boek niet meer wegleggen.'- Anthony Riches 270 na Christus. Rome heeft al ruim drie eeuwen over Syrië geheerst. Maar het verzwakte Romeinse Rijk staat nu voor een imminente bedreiging: koningin Zenobia van Palmyra heeft haar door de Romeinen zelf getrainde leger opgezet tegen de voormalige overheerser met als gevolg dat die eens onoverwinnelijke legioenen worden verslagen. Cassius Corbulo is een jonge, intelligente legionair die net van de officiersople...

Still recovering from his previous assignment in Arabia, imperial agent Cassius Corbulo has been spending most of his time and money on women and wine. Unfortunately for him, word of his achievements has reached the emperor Aurelian's deputy and he is sent north, tasked with smashing a counterfeiting gang.Cassius tracks the criminals to the city of Berytus, where his investigations are hampered by civil unrest and uncooperative officials, not to mention the personal problems of his...

265 AD. In the blazing desert wastes of Roman Syria death is never far away. Following a vicious battle between his squad of legionaries and a band of brigands, Oppius Rufus Serenus finds himself at the mercy of enemy warriors hell-bent on revenge, with only his dagger and his wits to defend himself... From Agent of Rome author Nick Brown, a thrilling short story featuring a character from The Siege.

AD 273.Obsessed by the solar religions of the east, the emperor Aurelian sets out to obtain every sacred object within his realm. But one - a mysterious rock said to channel the power of the sun god - lies beyond his reach. Warrior-priest Ilaha has captured the legendary stone and is using it to raise an army against Rome.For Imperial agent Cassius Corbulo and ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara, stopping him constitutes their greatest challenge yet. Assisted by a squad of unde...

Unable to make any progress in locating the missing Indavara, a desperate Cassius has been given an unrewarding assignment in Antioch. But when an old ally's daughter is kidnapped, he feels duty-bound to repay a long standing debt. Disillusioned with the tawdry demands of the Imperial Security Service, he disobeys his superiors and leaves Syria, determined to do some good.Accompanied by nomadic chieftain Kabir and a trio of warriors, Cassius soon finds himself in Greece hunting a v...

272 AD The Roman Emperor Aurelian has defeated Queen Zenobia and crushed the Palmyran revolt. Faridun's Banner, hallowed battle standard of the Persian Empire, has fallen into Roman hands and is to be returned to the Persians as part of a historic peace treaty. But on the eve of the signing the banner goes missing. Recalled to Syria, imperial agent Cassius Corbulo is charged with recovering the flag. Accompanied by his faithful servant Simo and ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara, Cassius must...

When the deputy commander of Rome's Imperial Security Service is assassinated on the island of Rhodes, Cassius Corbulo swiftly finds himself embroiled in the investigation. Assisted once more by ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara and servant Simo, his search for the truth is complicated by the involvement of the dead man's headstrong daughter, Annia.Braving hostile seas, Cassius and his allies follow the assassin's trail south aboard a ship captained by a roguish Carthaginian smuggler...

270 ADRome has ruled Syria for over three centuries. But now the weakened empire faces a desperate threat: Queen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned her Roman-trained army against her former masters and the once invincible legions have been crushed. Arabia, Palestine and Egypt have fallen and now Antioch, Syria's capital, stands exposed.Cassius Corbulo is a young intelligence agent fresh from officer training. He has been assigned the menial task of rounding up wounded legionaries ...

The Red Dwarf Quiz Book features two hundred questions about the popular TV show, covering the first twelve series broadcast between 1988 and 2017. The quiz contains questions covering a range of difficulties, from answers a second technician could probably guess on a good day all the way through to trivia that would test Kryten himself! With rounds covering the various series, the characters, the guest stars and much more, this is the perfect book for both long-time fans of the show and r...

‘Komatipoort Bridge’ is an exciting story of espionage and Special Forces operations during the Boer War. The book is also a poignant commentary on the British Empire at its zenith. In 1899 the two Boer Republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State invade the British colonies in South Africa. In doing so, they lose access to British-controlled ports and are forced to rely on a single supply line from the Portuguese-owned harbour at Lourenco Marques which enters the Transvaal over a rail...