William Kelso: 11 books

89 AD. On the island province of Britannia, Rome is strengthening its grip on the populous and fertile south, but in the mountainous-north rebellion, is brewing amongst the restless and unhappy tribes. Led by their druids and a high king claiming a proud lineage, the Brigantes and Caledonian tribes...

Spring AD 86. All is not well in the Roman province of Britannia. Fierce and swift moving Hibernian pirates and slavers are harassing the western coasts of the island province and within the upper echelons of the Roman military and civilian establishment there are rumblings of discontent against the...

Autumn 83 AD. At the battle of Mons Graupius the Roman army led by Governor Agricola destroys the Caledonian confederation that has formed to oppose the Roman invasion. In the aftermath of the battle a Caledonian boy reveals a secret that has the potential to change Roman strategy in the north...

Winter AD 103. Marcus, veteran of twenty three years service in the 2nd Batavian Auxiliary Cohort, finally returns home to Britannia from serving with his unit on the Dacian frontier, to find that much has changed on his family farm. Fourteen years have passed since his father's murder but the wounds...

Summer 105 AD. There has been no news from Marcus for over a year. On the Isle of Vectis, Marcus’s family are beginning to despair that he will ever return from his epic sea voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. At the Legionary Fortress of Deva Victrix, home of the Twentieth Legion, Marcus’s...

Early autumn 105 AD. As the clouds of war gather on the Danube frontier, Marcus, retired veteran of the 2nd Batavian auxiliary cohort faces a renewed and catastrophic threat to his family and his farm on the isle of Vectis. Powerful, vengeful forces and a dangerous, resourceful opponent are stalking...

July 113 AD. Seven peaceful years have passed since the successful conclusion of emperor Trajan’s Dacian war. Marcus, now a Roman senator and loyal if lukewarm supporter of the powerful senatorial faction committed to world conquest, finds meaning in his military charity work and seeing his family...

Spring 115 AD. On Rome’s Parthian frontier the war rages on between Emperor Trajan’s legions and the ineffective, distracted Parthian forces. In the city of Rome, Marcus, father, senator, ex-soldier and veteran of Rome has become a government politician responsible for the supply of grain...

Late summer 116 AD. Across the deserts and ancient cities of Mesopotamia Trajan’s grand war of conquest against Parthia rages on with no end in sight. Rome stands at the highwater mark of imperial expansion. Its borders stretching from the scorching heat of the Persian Gulf to the freezing forests...

On Rome’s northern frontier amongst the fierce and hostile Gallic tribes, Flavius, father, Roman patriot and veteran of Telamon will do anything to protect his wife and children from the savage war that is soon to come to the heart of Italy. In Carthage, Gisgo, proud warrior prince of Numidia, restless...

Winter 218/17 BCE. Hannibal has crossed the Alps and is ravaging the Roman colonies in Cis-Alpine Gaul. The Gallic Boii and Insubres, hostile to Rome, have risen in rebellion, joining Carthage and threatening the tenuous Roman grip on the Po valley. At the besieged Roman colony of Placentia,...