Hodder & Stoughton The Emperor's Knives Ричес Энтони

Britannia has been subdued - and an epic new chapter in Marcus Valerius Aquila's life begins • Posted to the Second Tungrian auxiliary cohort's original home in Germania Inferior, Marcus finds a very different world from the turbulent British frontier - but one with its own dangers. Tungrorum, the center of a once-prosperous farming province, a city already brought low by the ravages of the eastern plague that has swept through the empire, is now threatened by an outbreak of brutally violent robbery. A bandit chieftain called Obduro, his identity always hidden behind an iron cavalry helmet, is robbing and killing with impunity • His sword - sharper, stronger and more deadly than any known to the Roman army - is the lethal symbol of his unstoppable power

Marcus Aquila and his allies spearhead a daring attack into enemy territory, as three generals claim to be the true Roman Emperor • A new civil war has begun: with the emperor Pertinax's murder Marcus and his protector Scaurus have escaped Rome, seeking sanctuary for their familia in the East • But they are soon pressed back into service by Septimus Severus, the ruthless commander who has seized the imperial capital and who holds the military balance of power over his two rivals • Niger, the would-be emperor in the East, is on the march with six legions, and Scaurus's legion is ordered to Thrace as a sacrificial advance guard, tasked with delaying them. Whatever the cost

Thrilling, authentic and action-packed, this novel introduces soldier hero Marcus Valerius: a centurion stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the second century during a revolt against the Roman Empire • Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian's Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps down from the wastes north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove he's hard enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal, violent war

Мятежники побеждены. Кальг, властитель северных племён, стал узником вождей, которыми не так давно командовал. Ну а лидер римлян строит амбициозные планы по захвату крепости варваров, их Твердыни Копий • Марк Аквила, охваченный жаждой мести за смерть одного из своих лучших друзей, выезжает на север с кавалерией. Он уверен, что легенда центуриона по-прежнему защищает его • Но император Рима уже отправил своих людей за его головой. Эти безжалостные убийцы знают настоящее имя Марка. Им слишком многое известно о его друзьях. И он опережает их всего лишь на каких-то несколько дней • "Твердыня тысячи копий" - третья часть цикла Энтони Ричеса "Империя" • Книга на английском языке • The Romans have vanquished the rebel alliance; Calgus, Lord of the Northern Tribes, is the prisoner of the chieftains he once led

Едва тунгрийцы вернулись в Рим, как им была поручена новая миссия, кординально отличавшаяся от их отчаянных подвигов в Парфии • Получив приказ переправиться через реку Рен в варварскую Германию и захватить племенную жрицу, которая может быть самым опасным человеком на северной границе империи, они вскоре становятся жертвами махинаций старого врага, который не остановится ни перед чем, чтобы опередить их и саботировать их планы, и даже ступит на восточный берег реки • Но после того, как они нейтрализуют своего римского врага, они столкнутся с еще более серьезной проблемой • Имея в своих руках два величайших сокровища племени Бруктери, они должны вернуть себе римскую территорию, пересечь неумолимую пустыню, которая была кладбищем стратегии римской имперской двести лет назад

Адрианова стена спасена, но новый римский наместник в Британии должен подавить восстание северных племён, чтобы не потерять провинцию. Кальг, кровожадный вождь мятежников, предаёт южные земли огню и мечу, и остановить его будет непросто • Для Марка, ныне просто центуриона Первой Тунгрийской когорты, эта кампания опасна вдвойне. Ведь в Британию прибывают подкрепления, и его окружают офицеры, у которых нет причин защищать его от прихвостней императора. В такой обстановке неосторожно брошенное слово и вражеское копьё одинаково смертельны • Мало того, враги уже дышат Марку в спину. Пока он тренирует две центурии сирийских лучников, чтобы отбить нападение варваров и начать контрнаступление, новый префект Второй Тунгрийской узнал его тайну. Только чудо может спасти Марка и его людей от смерти и позора

A new Cotton Malone adventure that takes our hero from Europe to the Far East and a race to unlock the mystery of an ancient tomb • Hearing that his old friend Cassiopeia Vitt is in trouble, Malone follows the few clues he has and realises that they are in the middle of something huge, involving Russian and US oil interests and a centuries-old secret. After stumbling across two dead bodies and into the crosshairs of his former boss, Malone finds himself in a race to unravel the mystery of an emperor's tomb, a sinister society, and a deadly battle between two ruthless men for supremacy in China - and the world

Vietnam veteran Michael Lander wants the country that made him suffer to suffer in return • Al-Fatah operative Dahlia Iyad wants to help him turn his bold plan into devastating reality • David Kabakov, Mossad's most dedicated soldier, is determined to uncover the plot before it's too late • All he and the FBI know is that it will be apocalyptic • They don't know about the 1,200 pounds of explosives on their way to the states • The largest, deadliest bomb on American soil • That it will detonate in front of millions at the biggest sporting event of the season • The day of horror is nearly here • Black Sunday

Flavia Albia's day-old marriage is in trouble - her new husband may be permanently disabled and they have no funds. So when Palace officials ask her to help expose a plotter in their midst she is obliged to accept their commission • The plot could not be bigger. Ever since he died in AD 68, apparently by his own hand, Rome has been haunted by reports that the Emperor Nero is in fact very much alive and about to return to claim his throne • Two Nero pretenders have emerged in the East and met grisly fates. But now, as the Emperor Domitian, whose tyrannical, paranoid reign grows ever more unpopular, fights a war in faraway Dacia, there emerges a far more sinister contender. What's more the rumour is that this false Nero is already in Rome. Plunged into the conspiracy, Flavia must infiltrate the house of the Parthians who have smuggled in this new impostor, negotiate with spies, dodge the assassins sent by the Palace traitor, and somehow cope with her stricken husband

The Secret Seven are siblings Peter and Janet, and Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. Together they are The Secret Seven – ready to solve any mystery, any time – in Enid Blyton’s classic series of 15 mystery novels • When the gang go star-gazing, they soon get bored and spy on the town – and see someone setting a haystack on fire • Will the Seven act fast enough to save the barn? • In addition to the Secret Seven novels, Enid Blyton wrote six short stories based on the characters which are published in The Secret Seven Short Story Collection (Hodder). The stories are also available in individual volumes, divided into chapters to make them ideal for newly confident readers. They have been illustrated in full colour by Tony Ross

The Secret Seven are siblings Peter and Janet, and Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. Together they are The Secret Seven - ready to solve any mystery, any time - in Enid Blyton's classic series of 15 mystery novels • Peter and Janet think Old Mill is perfect for their Seven Society meetings - until they make a startling discovery about some stolen goods. So the gang hatch a plan to wait for the thieves to come back • In addition to the Secret Seven novels, Enid Blyton wrote six short stories based on the characters which are published in The Secret Seven Short Story Collection (Hodder). The stories are also available in individual volumes, divided into chapters to make them ideal for newly confident readers. They have been illustrated in full colour by Tony Ross