Dagger and Vow: An Adventure in Ancient Rome (Forgotten Heroes of Rome Book 1)

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Dagger and Vow: An Adventure in Ancient Rome (Forgotten Heroes of Rome Book 1)
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Marcus Varro is content to work on his father’s farm, selling barley in the markets of Rome. He has vowed to uphold a simple life of peace. Then the Roman Legions find him.

A war that should not be sweeps Varro from his idyllic farm and carries him across the Aegean Sea to a land under siege. His vow of peace is stretched to its limits as he is plunged into blood and battle.

The ceaseless march of the Republican Roman Army spares none.Yet a greater threat stalks Varro, more dangerous and more personal than any enemy soldier. Can he survive in an army where he faces swords to his front and daggers at his back?

Fate’s Needle (Ulfrik Ormsson’s Saga)

Fate's Needle (Ulfrik Ormsson's Saga)
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“No land. No father. No brother. No son.” When his father is murdered and his brother betrays him to steal his birthright as Jarl of Grenner, Ulfrik Ormsson finds himself adrift on a sea of vengeance and corruption.

Aided only by a beautiful slave, a smiling warrior, and a group of blood-lusting berserkers, he must wrest back his homelands by force and face the most difficult decision of all to even the scales of justice and honor.

Descendants of the Wolf (Descendants Saga)

Descendants of the Wolf (Descendants Saga)
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Yngvar, son of a powerful Norman jarl, thought raiding a glorious profession. He dreamed of the Viking ideal, sailing to distant shores and battling honorable foes. Laden with gold, he would return home in glory. The same life of adventure that his grandfather, Ulfrik Ormsson, experienced awaited him.

It proved a false dream.

Along with his cousin and best friend, Yngvar discovers a world unlike the sagas of the great heroes. He encounters murder and treachery. Raiding is nothing more than merciless theft. True riches remain elusive and sea kings dominate the waves.

Yngvar trusts to his honor and courage to carry him. Yet powerful enemies swarm all around him. Fate guides him into the teeth of a clash between two of history’s mightiest jarls. He will require all his cunning and daring to survive.

So begins a new saga of Viking adventure and war. Join the shield wall once more and witness the fierce history of the Norsemen.