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A Mist Of Prophecies
St. Martin's, May 2002, 24.95, 288 pp. ISBN 0312271212 In 48 BC Rome is engaged in a great civil war with both sides led by a powerful warrior. Though the battles take place in the outer province of Thessaly, Rome is being drained by the war as inflation is running rampant and people are going into debt with barely enough money to eat. Gordianus the Finder finds himself besieged at every turn. He is worried about the debt to his bank...
Have You Seen Dawn?
Simon & Schuster, Feb 2003, 24.00, 256 pp. ISBN 0743213661 Amethyst, Texas might no longer be home for Rue Dunwitty but going back to the small town makes her feel nostalgic. It is a peaceful place unlike San Francisco where she now lives. When she spots a poster asking if anyone has seen Dawn who has gone missing on the way to the Amethyst supermarket, she's shocked because things like that don't happen in her hometown. Rue is staying at he...
Roman Blood
Set in the Roman Republic, Gordinianus the Finder is hired by Cicero to find the killer of a Roman citizen. Cicero is currently defending the man's son who is accused of patricide and faces a horrible death. The trial and investigation takes place during the time when Sulla is dictator and Gordianus finds himself involved in events that are as dangerous politically as they are personally....
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The Judgment of Caesar
St. Martin's, June 2004, 24.95, 288 pp. ISBN 0312271190 Gordianus the Finder and his beloved wife Bethesda are sailing from Rome to Alexandria both hoping that bathing in the Nile River will restore her to her health. An Egyptian by birth and sold into slavery, Bethesda knows exactly where she wants to bathe in the healing mystical Nile. When they reach the place next to a sacred shrine guarded by a priestess of Osiris, Bethesda leaves Gordianu...