Reconciling 'real' Romans and Roma Novans

Family of Drusus, Museum of Roman Civilisation, Rome (Author photo)

I’ve been fascinated by all things Roman since I walked on my first mosaic in northern Spain. At age eleven, I wanted to know who the people were who had lived in houses with such beautiful floors: what did they eat, what did […]

The world of CARINA

2021 cover

CARINA launched as an ebook in November amid lovely comments, tweets and posts and reviews are starting to accumulate (Exciting!). It’s now available in print (Even more exciting!).

Carina visits a number of places when she is sent to North America to carry out an important mission. It’s not altogether a […]

Why is CARINA (just) a novella?

Cover of CARINA

2021 cover

Good question! I’ll try and explain…

We’re still in Roma Nova, the remnant of the Roman Empire that has toughed it out into the modern age. It’s an alternative 21st century with many aspects exactly the same as in our own timeline, but some are very very different; Praetorian Guards for […]