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In the sun-scorched lands of ancient Kemet, Ari, a mere shepherd, finds himself ensnared in a deadly game of power and deception. Falsely accused of espionage against the sacred land, Ari and his brothers are dragged before the ruthless king. Their lives hang in the balance as they're forced to make an unthinkable decision: surrender their youngest brother to the King or perish in the catastrophe devouring the world around them.

Assyria, in the reign of Ashurbanipal. For Aurya and her daydreaming brother, Sharo, every day is a struggle for survival, as they dodge the beatings of their drunken father and scrabble for scraps of food. One violent evening, everything changes. Soon, they are on the barge of King Ashurbanipal, bound for the beautiful, near-mythical city of Nineveh.

No one expected Barley to have an encounter with the Messiah. He was homeless, hungry, and struggling to survive in first-century Jerusalem. Most surprisingly, he was a dog. But through Barley's eyes, the story of a teacher from Galilee comes alive in a way we've never experienced before.

The only mortal daughter of two sea gods, and a priestess of Athena, Medusa was a woman who thought she had found her place in the world. But when Medusa suffers a horrific violation at the hands of Poseidon, Athena is outraged over the desecration of her name and sends a message by transforming Medusa into the snake-haired monster of legend. With one look, any who meet her gaze is turned to stone. Word of her monstrosity travels fast, igniting a king’s fear so greatly that he commands the boy-hero Perseus to bring him her head.

In the wake of the agreement reached at Lincoln between Edmund and Anlaf Sihtricson of the Norse, Edmund returns to Wessex to reflect and rebuild, impatient to reverse his losses at Lincoln. But this is the winter of discontent. In Jorvik and the kingdom of the Scots, those who’ve waited too long to become kings in their own right grow restless. As the enemies of the English turn on themselves, Edmund senses the opportunity to reclaim all his brother, the victor of Brunanburh, managed to gain before his untimely death plunged England back into war with her many foes.

"Mon oncle me disait : "Si une femme t'aimait, et si tu avais la présence d'esprit de mesurer l'étendue de ce privilège, aucune divinité ne t'arriverait à la cheville." Oran retenait son souffle en ce printemps 1962. La guerre engageait ses dernières folies. Je cherchais Emilie. J'avais peur pour elle. J'avais besoin d'elle. Je l'aimais et je revenais le lui prouver."

1296 AD: the whole of Western Europe trembles on the brink of war. South of the Pyrenees, the Christian and Moorish kingdoms fight and scheme against each for control of Hispania. To the north, the rival kings of England and France feverishly enlist allies as they battle for supremacy on the Continent. Even as the armies clash, spies and double agents fight their own bloody war in the shadows. From the safety of old age, En Pascal of Valencia recalls his own exploits in this brutal and treacherous era.

The seventh of Joan Grant's Far Memory novels, So Moses Was Born, is set in Egypt, in the time just before the birth of Moses. The story is a familiar one: Found in the bulrushes, Moses's upbringing in the court of Egypt gave him the influence and power to set the Israelites free. Joan Grant enlarges the picture by depicting the events that led up to the discovery of the baby Moses, convincingly portraying the man she believed was his father, Ramoses II, through the words of his reclusive half-brother Nebunefer.

Britannia, 98 n.Chr.. De bruisende legerbasis Vindolanda ligt aan de noordelijke grens van het Romeinse Rijk. Het zal nog zo'n twintig jaar duren voordat keizer Hadrianus zijn beroemde muur bouwt, dus de verdediging is zwak. De omringende volkeren komen in opstand tegen de Romeinen en lokale druïden prediken de ondergang van de indringers.

Albinus, the son of a revered Roman veteran, Silus, has always longed to be a farmer, not a soldier, and live his days ploughing and reaping the harvests with his bride-to-be, Licina. But Silus has darker ambitions and wishes for Albinus to follow in his footsteps in the army.

Athens, 460 B.C. Life's tough for Nicolaos, sole investigating agent in Athens. His girlfriend's left him and his boss wants to fire him. But when an Athenian official is murdered, Pericles has no choice but to put Nico on the job. The case takes Nico, with a beautiful slave girl, to the land of Ionia within the Persian Empire. The Persians will execute him on the spot if they think he's a spy.

La Roma dell’imperatore Tiberio ha accolto i sette viaggiatori, ignara delle rivoluzioni che stanno per scuoterla dalle fondamenta. La storia, ormai, ha già preso una piega diversa, ma il cambiamento è ancora fragile, un germoglio che deve crescere e rafforzarsi.

The year is 225 AD, and the Roman Empire is on the brink of a precipice. It will take a man with iron in his veins to set things right and accomplish the impossible. From a humble upbringing, a boy emerges who is destined to change history. This is the story of Lucius Domitius Aurelianus.

Valentine, a once-fearsome warrior reborn from the brink of death, sheds his violent past for a new destiny inspired by his blind lover, Agatha. Amidst the ruthless rule of a merciless emperor, Valentine undertakes a clandestine mission: to unite lovers in secret ceremonies, defying imperial decrees that threaten to obliterate the Christian faith.

هى رواية كل كائن وإنسان على وجه الأرض... نفس البداية والنهاية.. لا يختلف فيها صبيٌّ عن رجل عن امرأة عن فتاة مهما اختلفت وتباينت الأحداث... فهذا 'أحمد عطا المراكيبي'...

Step into a world of ancient wonders and heart-wrenching drama with "Escape from Pompeii: A Journey of Love and Tragedy." This captivating historical novel transports you from a quaint Bavarian village, where Anya, a young Celtic beauty, is brutally ripped from her loving home and family, captured by soldiers, and marched into Rome to be sold in the city’s slave market. Follow her plight as she’s purchased and enslaved by a powerful aristocratic family where she’s determined to survive the degradation and humiliation of slavery and servitude.

Roma, anno 77 a.C. Il crudele senatore Dolabella è stato accusato di corruzione; peccato che, armato di denaro e dei migliori avvocati, abbia comprato i giudici e soprattutto minacciato con la violenza chiunque tentasse di affrontarlo. Per questo nessuno, in tutta l'Urbe, poteva immaginare che un giovane patrizio di appena ventitré anni scegliesse di portare avanti l'accusa, farsi portavoce del popolo di Roma e sfidare il potere della casta. Il nome dello sconosciuto avvocato sarebbe diventato uno dei più famosi dell'antichità: Gaio Giulio Cesare.

A thousand years ago, the mighty Cahokian civilization dominated the North American continent. At the heart of the empire stood a vast city, teeming with tens of thousands of residents, traders, and travelers. The city of Cahokia sent settlers and priests throughout the continent, from Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, carrying word of the power of their gods. People who wouldn't bow to that power were conquered or slaughtered. Power rested in one being, Morning Star, a god resurrected in the body of a living man.

The Mummifier's Daughter Series takes us back in time to a land steeped in mystery and magic. It paints a detailed picture of ancient Egypt in all its glory. Faithfully recreating one of the most remarkable eras in Egypt’s history, author Nathaniel Burns weaves shudderingly ominous tales of ancient Egypt’s mysteries revealed through a cast of characters the modern listener will recognize, even though millennia have passed.

Der Druide Merlin, wer war er wirklich? Als Merlin 520 n. Chr. einsam in den Wäldern Kaledoniens sein Ende nahen sieht, blickt er auf ein bewegtes Leben zurück: Einst erzog er den kleinen Arthur zum König und war ihm stets ein treuer Begleiter. Später führte er die Britannier erfolgreich gegen die Germanen an, nun geht er als sagenumwobener Weiser auf seine letzte Reise in die Anderswelt. Das packende Hörbuch, recherchiert aufgrund bisher kaum bekannter historischer Quellen, entführt den Hörer in die faszinierende Welt der Kelten.