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Roma Nova Extra: Short Stories spanning sixteen centuries set in a New Rome
Paperback
Series: Roma Nova Thriller, Book 8
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Pulcheria Press
Published: Oct 19 2018
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A young tribune at the Roman Empire's dusk meets a fiery daughter of a Celtic prince. Their descendants battle their way through history to the 21st century where they must find their own destiny and happiness while keeping their country safe. Over sixteen hundred years, Roma Nova has seen the brave, the noble, the treacherous, the clever, the chancers, the desperate, the happy and the dutiful who pursue their lives in an enduring Roman society, ruled by women.
Eight stories - four historical and four present day, and a little beyond, of the people of Roma Nova. They fight to preserve their way of life, to seek and find love and to do the right thing, just like us.
- A young Roman tribune is sent to a backwater in 370 AD for practising the wrong religionHis lonely sixty-fifth descendant labours in the 1980s to reconstruct her country A Roma Novan imperial councillor attempts to stop the Norman invasion of England in 1066Her 21st century Praetorian descendant flounders as she searches for her own identity and happiness.
The full titles...
The Girl from the Market AD 370
Victory Speaks AD 395
A Roman Intervenes 1066
Silvia's story 1987
Games 2011
Conrad and Carina's Roman Holiday 2019
Saturnalia Surprise 2027
Allegra and Macrinus 2029
Readers of the Roma Nova thriller series - INCEPTIO, CARINA, PERFIDITAS, SUCCESSIO, AURELIA, NEXUS, INSURRECTIO and RETALIO - will be familiar with many of the characters in these short stories. But if you are new to Roma Nova, enjoy these eight 'behind the scenes' glimpses into their lives for themselves and perhaps feel curious enough afterwards to find out more about the Roma Novans in the longer novels...
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