Honoria Mitela – Heroine of 'Honoria's Battle' in HEROICA

In the second HEROICA story, Honoria Mitela is a Pretorian Guard soldier in 17th century Roma Nova. She’s achieved the rank of prefect (praefectus), a senior commander. Grades and ranks still reflect the classic Roman Empire ones, something that will change in the 19th century to a mixture of classic and the equivalents of other […]

Carina Mitela – Heroine of 'Revolution?' in HEROICA

Carina Mitela is a captain in the Pretorian Guard Special Forces (PGSF), the intelligence and operations service of Roma Nova when we meet her in the first story of HEROICA. But, of course, that’s not all she is. We need to know where she came from, what does she want and what does she fear? […]

HEROICA - Why three stories?

HEROICA has a strange origin. Revolution?, the first part, started as a little story I wanted to write for myself – an indulgence. Then it grew and grew. The heroine, Carina, goes off piste as usual (see the first four Roma Nova thrillers!) and her investigation became ever more complicated and the ‘short story’ became […]