El prisionero del César / The Prisoner of Ceasar
by Massimiliano Colombo
Novela histórica sobre la campaña de las Galias que narra la amistad entre un centurión romano y el preso galo Vercingétorix, cuya ejecución fue una de las más famosas en los años de gloria de Julio César. Publio Sextio Baculo, primer centurión de la legión XII romana y héroe de la campaña de las Galias de Julio César, es relevado de su puesto tras perder varios dedos en la batalla de Atuatuca y devuelto a la capital, donde deberá custodiar el tesoro de Roma. Sin embargo, el largo historial de...
"This extraordinary novel combines the story of one young man's existential quest with the precision of the best historical novels and the thrilling imagination of sci-fi books." —Francesc Miralles, author of Love in Small Letters and co-author of The Ikigai Journey Would you risk everything and travel back in time to find the love you thought you'd lost forever? Nathan leads a solitary life centering around his passion for antique watches. One day, he chances across an old photograph of Mia,...
The Worldwide Number One Bestseller Wilbur Smith returns to Ancient Egypt in a captivating new novel that will transport you to extraordinary times. EGYPT IS UNDER ATTACK. Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded. The ancient city of Luxor is surrounded, All seems lost. Taita prepares for the enemy’s final, fatal push. The ex-slave, now general of Tamose’s armies, is never more ingenious than when all hope is dashed. And this is Egypt’s most desperate hour. Wi...
Ten years after the eruption of Vesuvius, the surrounding countryside lies buried and barren. But the destroyed cities and luxury villas on the Bay of Naples are not utterly lost.Flavia Albia and her husband Tiberius Manlius are tasked with restoring one villa and identifying any surviving remains.What they unearth is beyond disturbing. When the volcano erupted some people were left to their fate here, unable to escape. They included the previous owner, Publius Primus - laid out care...
Christ’s nemesis Judas Iscariot remains a shadowy figure in the four canonical gospels, which give contradictory reasons for why this rogue disciple betrays Christ. But how would Judas himself explain his motives? In Glory, Italian modernist Giuseppe Berto’s final novel, Judas finally tells his side of the story. From his perspective, Jesus is the betrayer, a would-be political activist and social reformer who fails to live up to his promises. And by fulfilling his predestined role in the d...
The Sea Queen (Golden Wolf Saga, #2) (Half-Drowned King, #2)
by Linnea Hartsuyker
Six years after The Half-Drowned King, Ragnvald Eysteinsson is now king of Sogn, but fighting battles for King Harald keeps him away from home, as he confronts treachery and navigates a political landscape that grows more dangerous the higher he rises.Ragnvald's sister Svanhild has found the freedom and adventure she craves at the side of the rebel explorer Solvi Hunthiofsson, though not without a cost. She longs for a home where her quiet son can grow strong, and a place where she can put down...
WHAT IS THE POINT OF KNOWING IF NOBODY WILL LISTEN? Ancient Sumer, 3800 BC. Indentured and forced into prostitution to survive, a reluctant seer known only as Girl, finds herself experiencing cataclysmic visions. Kaylem, most junior scribe of the Temple and her one, true friend, realises Girl is the mouthpiece of the gods and is the only one to believe her. Somehow, Girl and Kaylem must convince the corrupt priestcraft of Ur to heed Girl’s message from the gods and bring her warning to the peop...