What if Caesar wasn't assassinated?

In my new story in Fate: Tales of History, Mystery and Magic, Stannia and Federicus are ‘time-stitchers’ in a future timeline where the Roman Empire is still going strong. No, it’s not Roma Nova, but a completely made-up world.

The instigator of this short story collection, Helen Hollick, told the ten authors to let their imaginations go wild so I let mine out to play on a very sunny day. A Fateful Encounter was the result.

Les Parques (“The Parcae,” ca. 1885) by Alfred Agache (Public domain)

In the story, Stannia and Federicus are tasked to go back to the 1st century BCE to repair a fault in the time continuum. A really bad fault which nobody, however skilled and experienced as a time-stitcher seems able to repair. And it’s making the space time continuum wobble badly.

To stop this threat to their timeline and even to their existence, our two time travellers must stop the assassination of one Gaius Julius Caesar.

They’ve tried twice before, but Federicus seems to be top of the class in tripping over his toga and Stannia doesn’t seem to have given Calpurnia horrifying enough nightmares.

If Caesar doesn’t survive, then Stannia’s world will collapse and be swallowed up in time.

But what of the Parcae, the Fates of the Roman world? Will they have a role?

You can find out here https://mybook.to/FateAnthology plus dip into some other historical encounters with Fate.

Alison Morton is the author of Roma Nova thrillers –  INCEPTIO, CARINA (novella), PERFIDITAS, SUCCESSIO,  AURELIA, NEXUS (novella), INSURRECTIO  and RETALIO,  and ROMA NOVA EXTRA, a collection of short stories.  Audiobooks are available for four of the series. Double Identity, a contemporary conspiracy, starts a new series of thrillers. JULIA PRIMA,  Roma Nova story set in the late 4th century, starts the Foundation stories. The sequel, EXSILIUM, is now out.

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