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Epic Historical Adventure

Epic Historical Adventure is Colin Falconer's publisher-defined collection of stand-alone historical thrillers rather than a continuous narrative sequence. The novels range from Alexander the Great, Cleopatra and the Mongol Empire to the Ottoman court, the conquest of Mexico, colonial India, shipwreck and twentieth-century Palestine.

Most volumes can be read independently, although Fever Coast continues into An Ambush of Tigers, while the two Fury narratives present opposing perspectives on the same conflict. Across the collection, fictional survivors and historical figures confront empire, conquest, faith, ambition and the moral cost of choosing sides during periods of violent change.

Reading order

Books in this series (15 books)

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#2 – An Ambush of Tigers

Colin Falconer

Madras, 1752. Lachlan McKenzie believes the vengeance that drove him across Africa and India has finally ended, but Adelaide Gagnon intends to complete her father's campaign against him. She allies herself with Gerard Kilcannon, a mercenary and arms dealer prepared to profit from the rivalry between…

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#3 – Colossus

Colin Falconer

Babylon, 323 BC. In an alternate history where Alexander survives the illness that should have killed him, the king turns west toward Carthage. Gajendra, captain of the war elephants, owes his advancement to Alexander and rides beside the elephant Colossus with absolute confidence in the conqueror's…

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#4 – Converso

Colin Falconer

Seville, 1490. Diego Vásquez is a successful painter and a converso, descended from Jews compelled to adopt Christianity. His commissions bring him into churches and noble households, but one accusation of concealed belief could place his art, family and life within reach of the Inquisition. Diego's…

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#5 – East India

Colin Falconer

In 1626 Dutch captain Michiel van Texel sails toward the Spice Islands aboard an overloaded Company vessel. After a brutal passage around Cape Horn, the ship is wrecked on remote reefs off the Great Southland, leaving passengers and crew without effective command or any certainty that…

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#6 – Ends of the Earth

Colin Falconer

In 53 BC, Tribune Valerius survives the Roman disaster at Carrhae only to be captured and carried beyond the eastern frontier. While Caesar, Pompey and their allies move toward civil war, Valerius is isolated in territories Rome cannot control and must rely on people whom his…

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#7 – Feathered Serpent

Colin Falconer

In 1519 Hernán Cortés lands on the coast of Mexico with a small Spanish force and an ambition far greater than his authority. Among the women transferred to his expedition is Malinali, later known as La Malinche, whose languages and political understanding make her indispensable as…

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#8 – Fever Coast

Colin Falconer

East Africa, 1750. Lachlan McKenzie's isolated trading post is destroyed by an armed attack that kills his family and leaves him committed to finding the man responsible. His pursuit begins across ports and wilderness shaped by the slave trade, piracy and the rivalry of European commercial…

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#9 – Fury: Book 2

Colin Falconer

Palestine, 1933. Rishou Hassan's family has farmed its village land for generations, while Sarah Landauer has grown up on the neighbouring Jewish kibbutz. Their friendship becomes a forbidden love as immigration from Europe, British rule and competing national movements steadily alter the world both families considered…

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#10 – Harem

Colin Falconer

Istanbul, 1520. The accession of Suleiman places the imperial harem at the centre of succession politics. Hürrem, an enslaved concubine, recognises that security depends on gaining the sultan's confidence and bearing sons, but every advancement creates enemies among women and officials whose futures depend on a…

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#11 – Lord of the Atlas

Colin Falconer

Marrakesh, 1893. Former officer Harry Delhaze is broke and disgraced when an old comrade offers him paid service helping the Moroccan sultan suppress a rebellion. The expedition appears to provide a route back to honour, but the men employing him are divided by money, influence and…

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#12 – Silk Road

Colin Falconer

The Holy Land, 1260. Disgraced Templar knight Josseran Sarrazini is ordered to escort a Christian embassy across Central Asia to the court of Kublai Khan. The mission takes him beyond the familiar crusader world into territories linked by Mongol power but divided by rival khans, faiths…

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#13 – Stigmata

Colin Falconer

France, 1205. Philip of Vercy returns from crusading to find his lands damaged and his son dying. Reports of Fabricia, a young woman believed to bear the wounds of Christ and possess healing power, offer a final hope, but she is hiding among communities condemned as…

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#14 – Venom

Colin Falconer

Saigon, 1946. Michel grows up abandoned amid poverty and political violence, learning to survive through adaptability and calculated retaliation. Each humiliation becomes part of a private account he intends to settle when he has acquired the education and influence to move between colonial and local worlds.…