Description
In AD 1218, Praetor Gaius Marcellinus was ordered to conquer Nova Hesperia and make it a Roman province. But outside the walls of the great city of Cahokia, his legion was destroyed. Accepted by his captors, Marcellinus vowed to fight with them against all enemies, Roman or native.After successfully repelling an invasion by the fearsome Iroqua tribes, the Cahokians are weakened, and Marcellinus knows that the divided people of Nova Hesperia will be unable to resist the might of Rome. But rival factions threaten to tear Cahokia apart, and the empire he once served will not give up its dream of conquest. Even as Marcellinus struggles to unite his new comrades, a new legion is preparing to set sail...
Interviews and features in fantasy and entertainment magazines; Reviews in national newspapers; Blog tour across fantasy and books blogs; Promotion on titanbooks.com; A series of novels inspired by the novella that won 2010 Sidewise Award for the best short form alternative history story; Will appeal to alternative history fans, and also readers of military and historical fiction, think Bernard Cornwall and Rome and Hell on Wheels. Author has a strong internet presence, with his own website (www.alansmale.com) and is committed to doing all of the blogging, networking and social media outreach required.
About the Author
ALAN SMALE is the author of numerous short stories, and has been published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and Realms of Fantasy. He won the 2010 Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He grew up in Yorkshire, England, but now lives in the Washington D.C. area. He works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as a professional astronomer.
Book Information
ISBN 9781783294046
Author Alan Smale
Format Paperback
Page Count 528
Imprint Titan Books Ltd
Publisher Titan Books Ltd
Series The Hesperian Trilogy
Interviews and features in fantasy and entertainment magazines; Reviews in national newspapers; Blog tour across fantasy and books blogs; Promotion on titanbooks.com; A series of novels inspired by the novella that won 2010 Sidewise Award for the best short form alternative history story; Will appeal to alternative history fans, and also readers of military and historical fiction, think Bernard Cornwall and Rome and Hell on Wheels. Author has a strong internet presence, with his own website (www.alansmale.com) and is committed to doing all of the blogging, networking and social media outreach required.
About the Author
ALAN SMALE is the author of numerous short stories, and has been published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and Realms of Fantasy. He won the 2010 Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He grew up in Yorkshire, England, but now lives in the Washington D.C. area. He works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as a professional astronomer.
Book Information
ISBN 9781783294046
Author Alan Smale
Format Paperback
Page Count 528
Imprint Titan Books Ltd
Publisher Titan Books Ltd
Series The Hesperian Trilogy
