Ancient Suspense

On the banks of the Nile, a hero will rise. Across the lush plains of Egypt, Taita, a freed eunuch slave, wears his authority lightly. Not only is he the close advisor to the Pharaoh, but he is guardian to Pharaoh Tamose's two teenage sisters, the young beauties Tehuti and Bekatha. But the kingdom is not at peace. They have been fighting Southern Egypt's constant and historic enemy, the Hyksos people in the north, since time began. To finally crush them, Pharaoh must turn to his most trusted friend.

Caden Gray was the first human to venture into the mysterious and perilous realm of Dead Time—a place where time itself stands still, imprisoning lost souls and unimaginable horrors. When his journey fractures the boundaries between worlds, ancient powers awaken, seeking escape and vengeance. Azgiel, once a mighty ruler now imprisoned in eternal darkness, senses his opportunity for freedom in Caden's intrusion. As reality shatters around them, Caden must confront visions of a past he doesn't remember, haunted by whispers of a name he's never known: Mauldrin. With sinister forces ...

Book number two of the award winning Brooke & Abby cozy mystery series, where clues from the past help solve modern murder cases. Why does Abby tarot card her way back to Ancient Rome when there’s no need to? After all, the recent death in town has been declared by the local pathologist to be simply an accidental, epileptic tragedy and nothing more. Or is it?

History awaits an unsuspecting young man, fleeing the imperial capital and Nero's wrath. Arriving in Pompeii, Marcellus witnesses the funeral of a local man; the course of his life will be altered by this stranger's death. Unable to stop the murder of a mysterious woman named Helen, Marcellus becomes the caretaker of the dead woman's newborn baby. Hiding in plain sight at a brothel, Marcellus is left to decipher Helen's secrets. With the help of his overbearing servant and a seductive oracle, Marcellus must deduce who in Pompeii has blood on their hands.

Life had thrown Adam Garrett curveballs before. God seemed to have deserted him when high school sweetheart Jill died of leukemia at the tender age of 19. He hadn't dated anyone since, and arguments with God were frequent.

A young man, James Johnson, illegitimate son of the legendary Wyatt Earp, dreams of adventure and following in his daddy's footsteps. James and his mentally disabled friend, Carson, are about to come face to face with an evil previously unimaginable in their little town. An evil they invited in.

In the heart of modern-day New York City, Alex, a young professional, finds himself entangled in a web of ancestral spirits, forbidden rituals, and long-forgotten tales. When unusual occurrences begin to disrupt his daily life, he embarks on a journey that takes him far from the skyscrapers of the metropolis to an ancient excavation site. Here, amid the whispers of a lost tribe with the power to bridge our world with the spirit realm, Alex must work alongside a team of archaeologists to uncover a truth that has been buried for millennia.

Three months after the battle of Zabor, the five friends who came together to defeat her have been separated. Burdened with the Calamity Stone she acquired in Scion of the Fox, Roan has gone to Scotland to retrace her grandmother’s steps in an attempt to stop further evil from entering the world. Meanwhile, a wicked monster called Seela has risen from the ashy Bloodlands and is wreaking havoc on the world while children in Edinburgh are afflicted by a strange plague.

When you read this, I'll be dead... These are the troubling words Serena Charter's grandmother has written on a note accompanying four pages of a centuries-old illuminated manuscript delivered after the old woman's passing.

In the Shadow of Ancient Secrets, a Deadly Game Unfolds... Four years after a nightmare summer shattered her academic life, Dr Livia Huntingdon-Jones believes the sinister Pelican Society is a dark chapter best left buried. But when a brilliant young poet at St. Augustine's, Julian Agrawal, is courted by a mysterious and exclusive group, Livia's hard-won peace is threatened. As Julian is drawn deeper into a shadowy world of arcane rituals, hidden knowledge, and powerful figures operating within the ancient walls of Cambridge, Livia realizes the Pelican Society is far from dormant. A cryptic...

The Persian War is over, and an unaccustomed decade of peace has come to ancient Athens. Philocles, an aspiring comic playwright, is making his living as a writer for hire, but this year is the highlight of his career - he has a play in a drama competition at a prestigious festival. The last thing he wants to find on his doorstep the day before is a dead body. Just who is this dead man? Is it just a robbery gone wrong? With the play that could make his name on the horizon, Philocles must find out who this man is, why he has been murdered - and why the corpse was in his doorway.

428 BCE. Athens is roiling with intrigue about Pericles’ successor. Were it days ago, Timarcus would be at its center. But Kore has unexpectedly returned to him after seven years of separation and he is once again besotted. But as quickly as she has returned, she is gone, struck down by Apollo’s gentle arrow. Yet if it was a natural death, why can he not feel her presence as his beliefs promise?

In her aunt’s dusty Victorian mansion, Robin Wurmwood discovers an heirloom with an appetite—a dollhouse that doesn’t just collect dust but souls. When architectural scholar Robin inherits the pink monstrosity on Elm Street, the exquisite dollhouse inside seems like a quaint curiosity—until its porcelain occupants start rearranging themselves to mimic her every move. At night, childish voices whisper from empty rooms: “Play with us, Robin,” and “Won’t you join us for storytime?” These tiny terrors have already claimed two sets of sisters in this house, always leaving one ...

Maybe a phrase, a line, a hint somewhere would reveal a reason, any reason, for the elderly couple's disappearance. They'd saved everything.... There was even a copy of the 'certificate of living existence', that nadir of bureaucratic imbecility.... What was the protocol, to use a word dear to government offices? Did one simply write on a sheet of paper something like 'I, the undersigned, Salvo Montalbano, hereby declare myself to be in existence', sign it, and turn it in to the appointed clerk?

NIGHT of ANUBIS God-headed invaders board a boatload of archaeologists with hidden secrets . Fourth story in the Anson Hunter series, this novel crackles with the mystery of mythology - and with high tension. A golden horde of attackers disguised in the masks of ancient Egypt’s gods and goddesses… Divine gatecrashers at a gathering of the world’s top Egyptologists aboard a luxury Nile cruise boat. The invaders set up an ancient-Egyptian style judgement scene… is it a reckoning for all of Egyptology? Who are the mysterious attackers?

Une seule femme peut forger une dynastie. Un roman historique captivant inspiré de la vie de Julia Domna, l'un des personnages féminins les plus fascinants et pourtant méconnus de l'histoire de Rome. 192 après J.-C. : Rome est sous le contrôle de Commode, un empereur fou. L'assassinat du tyran, puis du nouvel auguste nommé par le Sénat, ouvre la porte à un tourbillon d'intrigues et de luttes pour le pouvoir. Les prétendants sont prêts à tout, pensant que le jeu est sur le point de commencer. Mais pour Julia Domna, il a déjà commencé.

In the hard, unforgiving land at the northernmost point of the Roman Empire lies a great wall. Once, the edge had been but a thing of thoughts and dreams, but one day the great Emperor from across the water had grown tired of such borders. So, a wall was raised from the earth at his command. From afar, it looked invincible. Yet every wall has its weaknesses—if one looks close enough. In its shadow gather five thousand fearsome soldiers. Men bred to fight and kill. The Sarmatians have suffered capture and defeat, but under a new command they are prepared to fight again.

The Ancients, a race of creatures between gods and monsters, are trapped in Canderfey. Fighting for their home, the University, and the remaining residents of the town, Joanna and her coven are in daily peril. When one of the Ancients escapes the boundary, the coven is separated, Isaac traveling in search of a solution to the turmoil of the summer. As days wear on, can Joanna and her coven keep their warrior spirit, or have they been fighting too hard and too long? Perhaps the Ancients - older, more powerful, and impossible to kill-are an obstacle too enormous to overcome.

“A symbol of wealth, power and prosperity, the crown was never meant to be found.” Carried away in the torrents of curiosity, Dr Ryan Johnson is accompanied by his happy-go-lucky friend, Christian Willis, to the golden city of Jaisalmer, India, in search of a crown lost centuries ago. They never expected a simple archaeological excavation to turn into a game of life and death. Problems arise when Ryan picks up a street fight and finds himself in a messy situation with a feisty, Deiva Chauhan. In a foreign land rich in traditional acts, his bachelorhood is at stake when he is simply ...

Alexander's epic quest continues. In a seemingly impossible venture, Alexander and his men storm Persian fortresses and harbours, crippling King Darius' domination of land and sea. Even the legendary Halicarnassus is defeated by the Macedinoan armies. Ruthlessly, Alexander's war machine moves ever onward taking him up into the snow-covered Anatolian highlands, and ever closer to his destiny.