MURDER IN HADRIAN'S VILLA Imperial agent Gaius Flaminius Drusus is working undercover as a tribune in the Praetorian Guard. His remit is to investigate the death of Rufinus Crassus, the senator who died mysteriously after his assassination attempt on the emperor Hadrian. Commissary Centurion Probus thinks the senator was murdered by his fellow conspirators to keep him silent. Identifying the murderer takes them only a short time, but the investigation becomes more complicated when the murderer is poisoned, and Flaminius finds himself under suspicion. The empress gives him five days in which...

Given the task of escorting an emissary from the Emperor Charlemagne, Sinbad is dismayed when his dhow is attacked by Northmen-savage pagan pirates who sail the northern seas, slaughtering and pillaging. But these warriors, and their queen, Helga Hammerhand, have a different mission-one for which they require Sinbad's services, willing or otherwise. As a prisoner, Sinbad joins them on a voyage into the frozen north, far beyond their own country of Frostheim, in a desperate search for the land at the back of the north wind. Through seas of monsters they sail, but once the channel of the sea...

GORDRED STOOD STOCK-STILL, GAZING DOWN IN TERROR AT THE UNNATURAL SCENE. WHAT DID LOTHAR EXPECT HIM TO DO? WHY WERE THEY ALL GIVING HIM IMPATIENT LOOKS AS THEY MOVED TO JOIN HIM? NOW THE GHOULS WERE STEPPING UP THE WORN STAIRS TOWARDS HIM. ONE LASHED OUT WITH A CLAWED HAND AND GORDRED TURNED TO RUN. LOTHAR CURSED. "THE CLERIC'S LOST HIS NERVE MANFRED, FORTUNATUS-ATTACK " Gordred is a fully trained scrivener in the city of Cosht. He's served his apprenticeship and now he's a journeyman, looking for work. So he tells his long-suffering parents. Sadly, he missed the hiring fair, having been...

Blessed by Odin, cursed by Thor, Starkad was doomed to wander the world for three lifespans, committing a villainous act in each. Hated by the people, loved by murderers and tyrants, he sought only peace, but his destiny was endless war... Containing: STARKAD AND THE THUNDER GOD In the morning of the world was the Age of the Giants, savage and primal. And one of the most renowned of that race was Starkad Aludreng, slayer of heroes, ravisher of women, warrior and plunderer. But southward in Asgard dwelt his people's enemies. Will Starkad meet his match when he clashes with the Thunder God?...

Blessed by Odin, cursed by Thor, Starkad was doomed to wander the world for three lifespans, committing a villainous act in each. Hated by the people, loved by murderers and tyrants, he sought only peace, but his destiny was endless war... Contains: STARKAD THE WANDERER Three short stories chronicling Starkad's wanderings after his banishment from the kingdom of his birth: The Laws of the Vikings Shapeshifter Sons of Frey STARKAD THE DESERTER Now a trusted retainer of the sea king brothers Haki and Hagbard, Starkad ploughs the waves in search of glory and plunder, until Haki resolves to...

Blessed by Odin, cursed by Thor, Starkad is doomed to wander the world for three lifespans, committing a villainous deed in each. Hated by the people, loved by murderers and tyrants, he seeks only peace, but his destiny is endless war... Contains: STARKAD AT THE BRAVIC WAR Peace lies over the Northlands. Their overlord is the ageing king, Harald Wartooth, who united the lands in his youth and has lived into old age. Starkad is just one of many warriors who bend the knee in fealty to the old king. But peace is not the way of the Viking, nor is it the way of Odin, king of the gods. Soon war...