Have you ever wanted to know the Latin word for "underwear"? Or have you ever wondered what life was like for a soldier stationed on Hadrian's Wall? Maybe you just want to read a deviously and complicated historical "whodunnit," as Centurion Versillius faces down the Cult of Mithras, his superiors, the civil administration, the townspeople and even his own men in the search for a vicious killer. Travel back to AD 350, to find a Roman Britain which had existed for centuries, but was going through a period of dramatic change. The ties that held the empire together were fraying, as Britannia,...

Welcome to New Kingdom, Egypt. Everyone knows about Tutankhamun and the golden hoard that he was buried with. Or do we really know anything about a boy ruler, who never exercised power? What about his father the Heretic Pharaoh, Akhenaten who is credited with founding the world's first monotheistic religion 3,500 years ago? Or his beautiful major wife Nefertiti, believed to be the most desirable woman in the ancient world? Not to mention their predecessors and somewhat shady successors. Join Marsh boy Nakht, as he is drawn into a world of intrigue, politics and murder which are far removed...