There wasn't anything special about Ivan. He didn't train to be a knight, learn spells or know anything about the ancient art of healing. He took care of the dogs and slept in the kennels. Then a knight came to Belgorod Holding, a warrior that none dared face. The knight had hidden magic, brutal henchmen and the secret aid of a witch. With a letter from the king, he also had the right to hire farmers to help him search the forest for old treasure. That treasure was a scourge and a plague to the world. In it laid one of the Dark Gods and several of the evilest weapons ever forged. Ivan wasn't...

For centuries, Carthage has ruled a sprawling maritime empire. Now, a Roman armada sails from Sicily, landing four legions onto Africa. The legionaries are hard-bitten veterans, men of middle height, with powerful chests and shoulders and bronzed faces. They carry javelins, short keen swords and heavy shields. Consul Regulus leads them. His goal is more than victory, but the end of an ancient empire... In 256 B.C., the Carthaginian Empire is a seething, buckling realm of barbaric warriors, unstable generals and baffled seamen. At this pivotal moment, a young Hamilcar Barca thrusts himself...

This is the year 885 A.D., when a thundering army of hardened cutthroats, berserks and axmen trample its way across Western Europe, raping and pillaging at will. They are the Great Pagan Army-the largest array of Vikings ever assembled into one host. No army or city can resist them; no one dares... until a crippled young count finds an old Roman book on tactics. With a handful of desperate knights, Count Odo fortifies the river fortress of Paris and awaits the savage host. Neither he nor the Vikings realize that this will be young Paris's most brutal siege and of incredibly fateful...