The Roman grip on Britain is weakening. Emperor Nero has turned his face away from this far-flung outpost. The Druids are on the rise, spreading seeds of rebellion among the British tribes. Roman cruelty and exploitation has angered their British subjects. The warrior queen Boudicca will lead the tribes to war.Standing against the rising tide of Boudicca's rebellion is Roman Tribune, Gaius Valerius Verrens, Commander of the veteran legions at Colonia. Valerius leads the veterans in...

Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane, this formidable and compelling historical thriller from bestselling author Douglas Jackson will have you absolutely gripped..."Spectacular and satisfying...thrilling and dramatic...Roman historical fiction at its very best" -- SUNDAY EXPRESS"Douglas Jackson is one of the finest writers about today...this series is a glorious achievement" -- FOR WINTER NIGHTS

Set during the twilight years of Rome's once all-powerful empire, The Barbarian is the action-packed, thrillingly authentic new historical novel from one of the genre's best.‘Exhilarating reading . . . full of incident and adventure’ SCOTSMAN‘Jackson has created another blockbuster historical fiction’ ASPECTS OF HISTORY‘Rightly hailed as one of the b...

CLAUDIUS - EMPEROR OF ROME, CONQUEROR OF BRITAINEmperor CLAUDIUS has unleashed the Roman legions against Britain.CARATACUS, war chief of the Britons, must unite the tribes for a desperate last stand.CLAUDIUS desires total conquest. CARATACUS will fight for freedom.An epic battle is coming.Heroes will be made and kings will fall in a struggle that will echo through the annals of history.

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the third Roman Emperor, is better known by another name: Caligula, a name synonymous with decadence, cruelty and madness. His reign was marked by excess, huge building projects, the largest gladiatorial battles Rome was ever to see - men and animals killed in their hundreds - conspiracies, assassination attempts and sexual scandal.Rufus as a young slave grows up far from the corruption of the imperial court. His master is a trainer of anima...

Longlisted for the 2025 CWA Historical Dagger'Jackson's hero is the natural heir to Bernie Gunther' Andrew Taylor, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ashes of London'One of the UK's finest crime writers' Ben Kane, Sunday Times bestselling author of Napoleon's Spy'A remarkable crime debut' Maxim Jakubowksi, Crime TimeAs the Nazis roll i...

June 1944. When a Wehrmacht war crimes investigator and his escort are killed in an ambush, it looks like an opportunistic act of resistance by the Armia Krajowa, but Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo has his doubts.Fortunately, with the Red Army just a few hundred kilometres away, Kalisz's boss, Hauptsturmfhrer Hoth finds his faith in the Fuhrer waning, and lets his Polish detective investigate.The hunt for the real killers takes Kalisz first to a battered B...

AD 400. Rome and its Empire are failing . . .Veteran cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor sets out with his regiment to make what may be his final tour of the forts along Hadrian's Wall.Through a combination of military prowess, brutality and bribery, Marcus has spent twenty years keeping the savage Picts at bay. Feared by his enemies and hated by his superiors, his strength of will is the only thing that has held the disgruntled, poorly paid garrisons o...

AD 400. Rome and its Empire are failing . . .Veteran cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor sets out with his regiment to make what may be his final tour of the forts along Hadrian's Wall.Through a combination of military prowess, brutality and bribery, Marcus has spent twenty years keeping the savage Picts at bay. Feared by his enemies and hated by his superiors, his strength of will is the only thing that has held the disgruntled, poorly paid garrisons o...

Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. Now hailed a 'Hero of Rome', Valerius is not the man he once was - scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought, his sister is mortally ill, his father in self-imposed exile. And neither is Rome the same city as the one he left.The Emperor Nero grows increasingly paranoid. Those who seek power for themselves whisper darkly in the emperor's ears. They speak of a n...

Emperor Nero's grip on power is weakening. In every shadow he sees an enemy and like a cornered animal he lashes out at every perceived threat. His paranoia settles on the figure of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Rome's greatest General who leads the imperial legions in the East.So popular is Corbulo with his men that he effective presides over an Empire within an Empire. Is Corbulo preparing to march against Rome and take the purple?Gaius Valerius Verrens, Hero of Rome, is order...

Britain's wartime alliances hinge on the outcome of Kalisz's next caseChristmas Day 1943, Arisaig, Scotland. The body of beautiful, well-connected Polish SOE agent Krystina Kowolska is found in the gardens of the country house where she's been preparing for a vital mission to France. The question is, was she already dead when she was hanged?Two days later, resistance double agent, Investigator Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo is flown to Britain where Winston...