Rome's Lost Son

Richard Osman

Richard Osman's globe-trotting series 'We Solve Murders' returns this September with the thrilling new mystery, We Chase Shadows. In the Italian hills, a body is found on the steps of a private villa at sunrise. Our mis-matched detective trio, Amy, Rosie and Steve, return in pursuit of an elusive and ruthless killer. Between Italy and Palm Springs, via Barcelona and Steve's sl...

Laurie Gilmore

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dream Harbor series, comes a new small-town romance set in the quirky town of Maple Hollow. The darker the woods, the bigger the secrets... Ruby Bellerose lives on the edge of the woods, in a cottage more akin to a fairy tale than modern day life. Her love life is practically non-existent, and she keeps away from the whisper...

A. T. Qureshi

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Javier Cercas

A landmark work of European literature, Anatomy of a Moment is Javier Cercas's masterful documentary novel about Spain's 1981 attempted coup. ...

Damian Barr

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD FOR FICTION 2026SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, THE HERALD AND THE BBC'Crackles w...

Robert Harris

**PRE-ORDER NOW to secure the special Collector's Edition - available only while stock lasts and exclusive to the first print run** A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, BBC CULTURE, THE MIRROR AND RADIO TIMES The Sunday Times number one bestselling author returns to Ancient Rome in his latest thriller - coming August 2026. 'A master storyteller' OBSERVER J...

Robert Fabbri

Vespasian has been made Governor of Africa. Nero, Rome's increasingly unpredictable Emperor, orders him to journey with his most trusted men to a far-flung empire in Africa to free 200 Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom. Vespasian hopes to return to Rome a hero and find himself back in favor with Nero. But when he reaches the city, he discovers a slave po...

Robert Fabbri

Britannia, 45 AD: In the shadow of Stonehenge, Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods - not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother, and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on a summer's day. But to whom will they be making this sacrifice? What were the gods of t...

Robert Fabbri

Vespasian's mission will lead to violence, mayhem, and theft—and in the end, to a betrayal so great it will echo through the agesVespasian is serving as a military officer on the outskirts of the Roman Empire, suppressing local troubles and defending the Roman way. But political events in Rome—Tiberius's increasingly insane debauchery, the escalating grain crisis—draw him back ...

Robert Fabbri

A hero is forged in battle and a legend is born in this second installment in the Vespasian seriesThracia, AD30: Even after four years of military service at the edge of the Roman world, Vespasian can't escape the tumultuous politics of an Empire on the brink of disintegration. His patrons in Rome have charged him with the clandestine extraction of an old enemy from a fortress ...

Robert Fabbri

26 AD: Sixteen-year-old Vespasian leaves his family farm for Rome, his sights set on finding a patron and following his brother into the army. But he discovers a city in turmoil and an Empire on the brink. The aging emperor Tiberius is in seclusion on Capri, leaving Rome in the iron grip of Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard. Sejanus is ruler of the Empire in all but na...

Robert Fabbri

Vespasian's fourth adventure--can he escape his own Emperor's wrath?Caligula has been assassinated and the Praetorian Guard have proclaimed Claudius Emperor--but his position is precarious. His three freedmen, Narcissus, Pallas, and Callistus, must find a way to manufacture a quick victory for Claudius--but how? Pallas has the answer: retrieve the Eagle of the Seventeenth, lost...