1. Sword of Rome: The Complete Campaigns
This omnibus collects the five Sword of Rome novellas following the fictional centurion Lucius Oppius through Julius Caesar’s final campaigns. The sequence begins during the invasion of Britain in 55 BCE, moves to the encirclement at Alesia and then returns to Rome, where Oppius is forced…
2. Eagles Rising
Eagles Rising combines Augustus: Son of Rome and Augustus: Son of Caesar. The first novel follows Octavius from the news of Julius Caesar’s murder through his decision to claim the dictator’s name and political inheritance. The second concentrates on his confrontation with Mark Antony, the mobilisation…
3. Spies of Rome: Books 1–3
This omnibus collects Blood & Honour, Blood & Vengeance and Blood & Secrets, the three full-length Rufus Varro investigations. In 27 BCE Marcus Agrippa recruits the poet and his former-gladiator bodyguard Manius to uncover a coup against Augustus. Subsequent cases involve the murder of a slave…
4. Sword of Empire: The Complete Campaigns
The complete Sword of Empire sequence follows the praetorians Gaius Maximus and Rufus Atticus during the final years of Marcus Aurelius. Praetorian sends Maximus through enemy territory with the children of a Germanic leader in an attempt to build an alliance. Centurion returns the soldiers to…
5. Spies of Rome: Blood & Death
Blood & Death collects three later Rufus Varro novellas. In Blood & Poison, Agrippa orders the spy to entrap the smuggler and moneylender Publius Dio. Gladiator sends Varro and Manius to investigate a wealthy childhood friend who is building a new gladiator school. Assassin begins with…