AURELIA

1960s’ heart-wrenching adventure thriller set in Roma Nova, the sole remnant of the Roman Empire to struggle through to the 20th century. And it's ruled by women. Retrained as a spy, former Praetorian Aurelia Mitela is sent to Berlin to investigate silver smuggling, but barely escapes a near-lethal trap. She clashes with the mysterious and attractive Miklós, a smuggler who knows too much and faces termination by Caius Tellus, a Roma Novan she has despised and feared since childhood.

In the best crime thriller style, she discovers her old enemy is at the heart of all her troubles, but he strikes at her most vulnerable point – her young daughter.

A former military commander, Aurelia is one of Roma Nova’s strong women, but she doubts in her heart and mind that she will fail to overcome her implacable enemy. But only she can stop him before he strangles Roma Nova’s lifeblood and her child...

Fourth in the Roma Nova thriller series, where Roman fiction is brought into the 20th century through an alternative history lens and first of the AURELIA trilogy. INSURRECTIO and RETALIO complete the trilogy.

– Historical Novel Society’s indie Editor’s Choice for Autumn 2015
– B.R.A.G. Medallion
– Finalist, 2016 HNS Indie Award