INSURRECTIO awarded the BRAG Medallion!

Yes, it’s official! I am delighted, no, I’m jumping up and down with elation, that my fifth Roma Nova thriller has been awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion. And it’s up on the IndieBRAG website. This is a prestigious award for indie only books and is a HIGH honour.

Around 90% of books are rejected (gulp), so […]

November 1st, 2016 | Tags: , , | Category: Awards, Books, INSURRECTIO, Roma Nova | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

History? Um, we know the ending...

All writers sneak a look at their reviews – we are so human (Not sure I completely believe those who say they don’t 😉 ) Looking at INSURRECTIO’s, I was struck by this one: “Although I enjoyed the first three, IV and V are disappointing; particularly this one. Because they are ‘backstory’, I already knew […]

September 30th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Alternate history, AURELIA, Books, Historical logic, INCEPTIO, Insights, INSURRECTIO, PERFIDITAS, Roma Nova, SUCCESSIO, Women warriors | 18 comments - (Comments are closed)

Carina, Aurelia and the Pompeii gladius

Twenty-first century Roma Nova military train with state of the art weaponry; their firepower and weapon handling are undoubted. But they also train on a ‘volunteer’ basis with a modern carbon steel version of the traditional Pompeii gladius, a short sword in use from at least AD 79 and not uncommon in the 4th century […]

September 24th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Alternate history, AURELIA, Excerpts, INCEPTIO, Research, Roma Nova, Roman military, SUCCESSIO, Women warriors | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
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