Decius Caecilius Metellus is happy. The weather is beautiful and he is standing for office (literally; standing, in the Roman Forum soliciting votes) with a sure chance of winning. And Caesar's ongoing dreary war is far off in Gaul. Decius is confident that another war looming over Rome, instigated by one Crassus against the Parthians (for no reason but possible worldly gain); will be voted down in the Senate. But the vote does not stop Crassus. On the day he and his troops set out from Rome, the Tribune Ateius Capitus, leader of the opposition, shrieks an ancient and terrible curse over the huge crowd assembled -- a curse that frightens not only the man in the street but the highest Romans. When Ateius is murdered soon after, Decius, solver of past mysteries, has the ugly task of finding the killer. Fascinating details of Rome's mixed attitudes about the power of magic and the practice of rational politics illuminate this latest of Roberts's strong historical mysteries.

The Tribune's Curse: SPQR VII

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

John Maddox Roberts

Mystery

Minotaur Books

For Kelly, it was an impossible dream come true when he shipped out on the Space Angel. Ship's boy was the most menial job aboard, but it was excitement enough just to be in space. Things became more exciting than even Kelly wanted when an unimaginably old and powerful entity commandeered the Space Angel and sent the freighter on an incredible mission to the center of the galaxy - with two hereditary killers and a poetic crab added to the crew for extra interest! Kelly knew that he would finish the trip as a seasoned spacer - or a very dead one.

Space Angel

Del Rey

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Have we got a planet for you. And don't worry: nothing native to Delta Pavonis is likely to hurt you; humans are too alien to be tasty. At least that's what they said during orientation. Dierdre Jamail isn't quite sure she believes them -- she's never believed an authority figure in her young life. That's why she's been assigned to Delta Pavonis, in fact, rather than to some more promising planet: Delta P. is the absolute least desirable exploration point in the entire galaxy. But Dierdre's always been lucky -- and she's about to make the find of the century -- and run into some serious authority figures.

Delta Pavonis

Eric Kotani

Baen

Conan: The Valorous

Fantasy

Sphere Books

A Typical American Town

Feature

An encounter with silver-haired Malia leads to run-ins with Van pirates, killer ape-men, Aquilonian nobility, and an ancient blood cult for the usually woman-wary Conan. Original.

Conan and the treasure of python (TOR fantasy)

Tor Books

Conan The Marauder

In the fabled lands far beyond the Vilayet Sea, Conan of Cimmeria faces his most deadly challenge. The warlord Bartatua plans to unite the Hyrkanian tribes and sweep across the world in conquest, while the Turanian wizard Khondemir plots to use Bartatua's ambition to further his sorcerous schemes. Ishkala, haughty Princess of Sogaria, and Lakhme, seductress and spy, weave their own intrigues as the power of gods is drawn to the City of Mounds, ancient necropolis of the Hyrkanians. Every hand is turned against Conan, and he can only be Conan the Marauder

Conan the Marauder

Conan The Valorous

Book by Roberts, John Maddox, John Maddox Roberts

ROBERTS, John Maddox

Haakon, an ex-naval captain, and master criminal Rama, a genetic cross between woman and cat, lead a team of misfits into the Cingulum, one of the last star systems to hold out against the Bahadur's tyranny

The Cingulum: Cingulum I

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The Tribune's Curse: SPQR VII

Space Angel

Space Angel

Delta Pavonis

Conan: The Valorous

A Typical American Town

Conan and the treasure of python (TOR fantasy)

Conan the Marauder

Conan The Valorous

The Cingulum: Cingulum I