It is the beginning of the second century AD, and the first Dacian War has recently ended. While Emperor Trajan is preparing to return to Rome in triumph, Marcus Valerius Vetus, a general in Trajan's army, learns of a tragedy that takes him home to the Roman province of Aquitania with a thirst for vengeance. But when the trumpets of war sound again, Marcus returns to battle in Dacia to defeat one of the Roman Empire's fiercest foes. The Roman General follows one man's journey through battle, misfortune, the triumph of the Dacian Wars, and a victory that leads him to Rome. It is a rousing...
It is the beginning of the second century AD, and the first Dacian War has recently ended. While Emperor Trajan is preparing to return to Rome in triu...
It is the early part of the seventeenth century, after King James I ended the Anglo-Spanish War, leaving most Elizabethan Sea Dogs unemployed. Like many English privateers at the time, James Blackburn's privateering commissions have been annulled, putting him out of work. His reversal of fortune brands him a pirate when he continues to raid Spanish merchant ships without authorization from the Crown. His career as a sea rover takes him from the cold seaports of England to the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, and the winding alleys and bustling bazaars and...
It is the early part of the seventeenth century, after King James I ended the Anglo-Spanish War, leaving most Elizabethan Sea Dogs unemployed. Like ma...
