A sexual encounter with a mysterious woman at the Sanctuary of Aphrodite convinced the young Eumelos that the Goddess had a purpose for him, even though the woman seemed to disappear from Cyprus. Years later he was obliged to consider marriage for business reasons, but on meeting the family of the prospective bride he was amazed to discover that her stepmother, Urania, was the mystery woman. He went through with the marriage so that he could be near to Urania and thereafter led a complicated, adulterous life. But it couldn't last. His friendship with the Christians Barnabas and Paul added to...

The gods of Olympus had it their own way for so long that they became complacent, and when a new god arrived on the heavenly block they were not concerned, and continued in their same old amoral lifestyle. Except for Hera and Athena, who could see trouble ahead. The Fates told them that Jesus could win the religious franchise for the Roman Empire in about three hundred years earth time, So they decided to attack the main human proponent of Jesus, Paul of Tarsus...

The failure of the sugar-plantation and the premature death of her father left young Caroline in a precarious position; when everything had been sold to pay the debts she was destitute. Then offer of help came from an unexpected source: the Earl of St Benet's, a distant relative in England. Why would the old aristocrat offer to provide a home for Caroline and her two servants? There had been no contact between the two branches of the family since Caroline's grandfather had been exiled to that Caribbean island in disgrace, and there was certainly little similarity between the autocratic...