Ancient Mythic
Complete trilogy:
- Brazen Bull
- Autophage on the Antonine
- Uriah's Revenge
Brazen Bull
The biggest chariot race of the year...
A wealthy patrician favoured to win...
Not if Belbus has anything to do about it...
This scrappy bookmaker has made his living taking bets on everything from chariot racing to gladiatorial fights to drunken tavern brawls. No more.
He wants out. He wants a quiet life in the countryside and finally he sees a way to get it.
Together with his partner-in-training, he hatches a plot to rig the upcoming race and fund his early retirement.
Only problem is, it'll put him in the path of ruthless mercenaries, corrupt politicians, hulking gladiators and wily brothel-keepers. Not to mention the sadistic charioteer at the centre of it all; the man he's trying to blackmail.
It's all or nothing for Belbus. He's put everything on the line for this one last chance at freedom. His reputation. His safety. His life. If this plan works, it'll be worth it. If it doesn't, the consequences are too terrible to imagine...
Autophage on the Antonine
A far-flung Roman outpost...
A cold and lonely land...
A terrifying madness that must be contained...
Brother Sol, a warrior-monk belonging to an ancient order, is summoned to the Antonine Wall to investigate a gruesome mystery.
The garrison at Fort Arbor, one of the last manned outposts on the wall, has imprisoned a deserter from the nearby Fort Bratus. But this is no ordinary deserter. This man is an autophage; he is quite literally eating himself alive.
With a young Roman soldier and a Celtic slave, Sol must travel to Fort Bratus to determine if the deserter is alone in his madness, or if something more sinister is afoot. If this is something that could spread...
Along the way, Sol will have to contend with the anger harboured by the soldier against the slave, the slave against the soldier, to say nothing of the anger that lurks deep within himself.
What Sol dreads most is not the madness of self-cannibalism, but the madness that will follow if it turns out to be true. The fear. The hate. The accusations that will be cast. The buried animosities it will bring to the surface. What he dreads most is what it will bring out in himself. What he has spent half a lifetime running from...
Uriah's Revenge
A desert kingdom gripped by religious fervour...
A brave warrior betrayed by his lord...
A long road to retribution...
At the orders of King David, his loyal soldier Uriah is abandoned on the battlefield and left for dead, all so David can claim Uriah's wife Bathsheba for himself.
For Uriah, this is only the beginning of the story.
Believed dead by his people, enslaved by his enemies, Uriah escapes captivity and embarks on the long voyage home, seeking one thing and one thing only.
Revenge.
Past and present collide as Uriah returns to his homeland. Blood will be spilled. Chains broken. History rewritten.
