For one to rule, the other must die.

AD 312:  A year of horrific and brutal warfare.

Although outnumbered, Constantine's legions seem unstoppable as they surge through Maxentius' Italian heartlands. Constantine is determined to reach and seize the ancient capital of Rome from his rival, yet his army is exhausted, plagued by religious rivalries and on the verge of revolt. Maxentius meanwhile contends with a restive and dissenting Roman populace. Neither general can risk a prolonged war.

When the two forces clash amidst portents and omens in a battle that will shape history, there are factors at work beyond their control. Only one thing is certain: Constantine and Maxentius' rivalry must end. With one on a bloodied sword and the other the sole ruler of an Empire...

Praise for Gordon Doherty and Simon Turney:

'A page turner from beginning to end... A damn fine read' Ben Kane, author of Lionheart

'The Rise of Emperors series is first-rate Roman fiction. Doherty and Turney each breathe life into their respective characters with insight and humanity' Matthew Harffy, author of Wolf of Wessex

'A nuanced portrait of an intriguing emperor' The Times (on Turney's Commodus)

'A meticulously researched and vivid reimagining of an almost forgotten civilisation' Douglas Jackson, author of Hero of Rome (on Doherty's Empires of Bronze)

'An intriguing and highly polished piece of historical fiction' James Tivendale from Grimdark (on Sons of Rome)

Worshipped by Rome. Betrayed by love. Stalked by death.

Rome is enjoying a period of stability and prosperity. The Empire's borders are growing, and there are two sons in the imperial succession for the first time in Rome's history. But all is not as it appears. Cracks are beginning to show. Two decades of war have taken their toll, and there are whispers of a sickness in the East. The Empire stands on the brink of true disaster, an age of gold giving way to one of iron and rust, a time of reason and strength sliding into hunger and pain.

The decline may yet be halted, though. One man tries to hold the fracturing empire together. To Rome, he is their emperor, their Hercules, their Commodus.

But Commodus is breaking up himself, and when the darkness grips, only one woman can hold him together. To Rome she was nothing. The plaything of the emperor. To Commodus, she was everything. She was Marcia.

'A page turner from beginning to end... A damn fine read' Ben Kane.

Four Emperors. Two Friends. One Destiny.

As twilight descends on the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire is but a shadow of its former self. Decades of usurping emperors, splinter kingdoms and savage wars have left the people beleaguered, the armies weary and the future uncertain. And into this chaos Emperor Diocletian steps, reforming the succession to allow for not one emperor to rule the world, but four.

Meanwhile, two boys share a chance meeting in the great city of Treverorum as Diocletian's dream is announced to the imperial court. Throughout the years that follow, they share heartbreak and glory as that dream sours and the empire endures an era of tyranny and dread. Their lives are inextricably linked, their destinies ever-converging as they rise through Rome's savage stations, to the zenith of empire. For Constantine and Maxentius, the purple robes beckon...

Praise for Gordon Doherty and Simon Turney:

'A page turner from beginning to end... A damn fine read' Ben Kane, author of Lionheart

'The Rise of Emperors series is first-rate Roman fiction. Doherty and Turney each breathe life into their respective characters with insight and humanity' Matthew Harffy, author of Wolf of Wessex

'A nuanced portrait of an intriguing emperor' The Times (on Turney's Commodus)

'A meticulously researched and vivid reimagining of an almost forgotten civilisation' Douglas Jackson, author of Hero of Rome (on Doherty's Empires of Bronze)

'Sons of Rome is an intriguing and highly polished piece of historical fiction' James Tivendale from Grimdark Magazine

Warrior and combat medic, Titus Cervianus, must lead a legion and quell the uprisings in Egypt in a new Roman adventure from Simon Turney.

Titus Cervianus is no ordinary soldier. And the Twenty Second is no ordinary legion...

Egypt. 25 BC. A former surgeon from the city of Ancyra, Titus Cervianus is now a capsarius – a combat medic. He is a pragmatist, a scientist – and deeply unpopular with his legion, the Twenty Second Deiotariana.

The Twenty Second have been sent to deal with uprisings in Egypt. Founded as the private army of one of Rome's most devoted allies, their ways are not the same as the other legions', which sets them apart and causes friction with their fellow soldiers.

Marching into the unknown, Cervianus will find unexpected allies: a local cavalryman and a troublesome lunatic. Both will be of critical importance as the young medic marches through the searing sands of the south, finding forbidden temples, hidden assassins, and worst of all, the warrior queen of Kush...

Reviewers on The Capsarius:

'Brings a whole new dimension to the genre... Recommended' Historical Novel Society

'A blistering epic brimming with tension, mystery and adventure!' Gordon Doherty

Reviews for Simon Turney:

'A page turner from beginning to end... A damn fine read' Ben Kane

'First-rate Roman fiction' Matthew Harffy

Warrior and combat medic of the Twenty Second Legion, Titus Cervianus, must fight the armies of the fabled Warrior Queen in the blistering new Roman adventure from Simon Turney.

Titus Cervianus is no ordinary soldier. And the Twenty Second is no ordinary legion...

Egypt, 25 BC. Titus Cervianus marches into the unknown as he and the Twenty Second Legion contend with the armies of the Bellatrix: the Warrior Queen of Kush. The Kushites and the Egyptians are united against the Roman presence in their lands – but there are complex political and military forces at work. Deep in the deserts, Cervianus and his comrades must brace themselves for a furious onslaught as they take on the might of the Bellatrix.

Reviewers on Simon Turney:

'Brings a whole new dimension to the genre... Recommended.' Historical Novel Society

'A blistering desert epic, brimming with tension, mystery and adventure!' Gordon Doherty

'A page turner from beginning to end... A damn fine read.' Ben Kane

'First-rate Roman fiction.' Matthew Harffy

Von den Massen geliebt. Von der Liebe verraten. Von Rom verflucht

185 n. Chr.: Das römische Imperium steht am Scheideweg. Ein goldenes Zeitalter droht im Chaos zu versinken, Vernunft und Wohlstand weichen Hunger und Verzweiflung. Ein Mann versucht, sich mit aller Kraft dagegen zu stemmen: Commodus, der römische Hercules, wie er vom Volk genannt wird. Aber der Sohn des Philisophenkaisers Marc Aurel kämpft mit seinen eigenen Dämonen. Wenn die Dunkelheit ihre Finger nach ihm ausstreckt, gibt es nur eine, die ihn versteht: Marcia. Aufgewachsen im Schatten des Palastes wurde die ehemalige Sklavin schon früh seine Vertraute. Doch auch Marcia ist machtlos gegen die Intrigen des Palastes und gegen die legendäre Grausamkeit des Kaisers, die ihm schließlich selbst zum Verhängnis wird ...

Liebender Bruder, grausamer Herrscher, gequälte Seele 

Rom, 37 nach Christus. Kaiser Tiberius liegt im Sterben. Als er Caligulas Familie in die kaiserliche Erbfolge bestimmt, ahnt er nicht, dass er damit den berüchtigtsten Tyrannen erschafft, den das Reich je sehen wird: Caligula.
Caligula – der römische Kaiser, der zum Inbegriff des wahnsinnigen Gewaltherrschers wird, der unzählige Mordbefehle erteilt, monströse Gladiatoren-Spiele veranstaltet, bei denen er selbst in einen Blutrausch verfällt. Der Kaiser, den bereits seine Zeitgenossen verdammen.
Doch war Caligula tatsächlich das Monster, als das er in die Geschichte einging? Livilla, seine jüngste Schwester, hat ihn auch anders erlebt. In diesem Roman erzählt sie davon, wie ihr stiller Bruder zum mächtigsten Mann seiner Zeit wurde. Und wie Intrigen, Mord und Verrat das römische Reich für immer veränderten.