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Pisa, May 1364. Sir William Gold is looking forward to a lucrative career as a hired sword in the endless warring between Italy's city states. But when a message comes from the Grand Master of the Hospitaliers, William is forced to leave his dreams of fame and fortune behind him. The Hospitaliers are gathering men for a crusade, and Sir William must join them. Yet before they set out for the holy land, the knights face deadly adversaries much closer to home. In the twisting politics of Italy, no one can be trusted. And there are those who would be pleased to see the crusade fail.

Political alliances are beginning to rupture, and no state is immune: England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan Genoa, Venice, Constantinople . . . Every mercenary knight must sharpen his sword and prepare for battle. But Sir William Gold has other problems. Just to reach Europe, he must capture its most unassailable fortress. He must also protect his liege lord, the Green Count, from assassins hell-bent on his death.

Sir William Gold is looking forward to a lucrative career as a hired sword in the endless warring between Italy's city states. But when a message comes from the Grand Master of the Hospitaliers, William is forced to leave his dreams of fame and fortune behind him. The Hospitaliers are gathering men for a crusade, and Sir William must join them. Yet before they set out for the holy land, the knights face deadly adversaries much closer to home . . .

September, 1356. Poitiers. The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle. On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy. On the French side, the King and his son, the Dauphin. With 12,000 knights. And then there is William Gold. A cook's boy - the lowest of the low - who had once been branded as a thief. William dreams of being a knight, but in this savage new world of intrigue, betrayal and greed, first he must learn to survive.

The Chivalry series follows young William Gold, who runs away from London to follow the Black Prince, from the killing fields of France, through life as a routier and criminal, and to redemption with the Knights of Saint John, further disillusion and an eventual career as a professional soldier and knight. Rich in the details of life in the High Middle Ages, the series also deals with modern issues about the role of violence in society, rules of conflict and war, and the price that people pay for using violence.

Griechenland im Kampf gegen die größte Kriegsflotte der Welt. Als erfahrener Schiffsführer kämpft Arimnestos von Platäa in der epischen Konfrontation zwischen Griechen und Persern: der Seeschlacht von Salamis. Eine Schlacht, bei der Blutvergießen mit Blutvergießen vergolten, alter Groll beigelegt, Ruhm erlangt und Verrat entlarvt wird. Eine Schlacht, bei der Griechenland alle Differenzen begraben und vereint kämpfen muss. Denn dem Land gegenüber steht Großkönig Xerxes, der die größte Kriegsflotte der Welt zusammengebracht hat.

September, 1356. Poitiers. The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle. On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy. On the French side, the king and his son, the dauphin. With 12,000 knights. And then there is William Gold. A cook's boy - the lowest of the low - who had once been branded as a thief. William dreams of being a knight, but in this savage new world of intrigue, betrayal and greed, first he must learn to survive.

Tom Swan - soldier, scholar, bastard, spy. Tom Swan and his friends are trying to save Europe from the Turks, but most of his adversaries seem to be other Europeans. This time, an unnamed cabal is trying to kill him and, incidentally, ruin the banks and trade of England, France and Italy. Join Tom Swan on his latest adventure as the likes of Cosimo di Medici, Warwick the Kingmaker, Bessarion the cardinal and Aneas Picclomini the Pope show Tom the Renaissance in all its deadly glory!

Alle errungenen Siege, alle Heldentaten bei der Schlacht von Marathon und der Seeschlacht bei Salamis konnten nur eines erreichen: Zeit vor dem nächsten Ansturm der Perser. Diese haben eine neue Armee aufgestellt und kehren nun mit überwältigender Macht zurück, um den letzten tödlichen Schlag gegen Griechenland auszuführen. Für die Griechen, zersplittert und in der Unterzahl, gibt es nur eine Strategie: Angriff. Also nimmt Arimnestos im heißen Sommer 479 v. Chr. zum letzten Mal seinen Speer in die Hand, um bei der Schlacht von Platäa zu kämpfen.

Die verfeindeten griechischen Stadtstaaten sind mit der ständig wachsenden Bedrohung durch die Perser konfrontiert. Arimnestos erhält von Leonidas I., König von Sparta, den Auftrag, eine Gesandtschaft zum Hof des neuen Großkönigs Xerxes I. zu begleiten, um dort Friedensverhandlungen zu führen. Doch die Gespräche in Susa scheitern. Der Großkönig lässt sich nicht umstimmen. Er hält an seinem Vorhaben fest, die griechische Welt vollständig zu unterjochen... Die schlachtenreiche Reihe aus der Antike von Christian Cameron.

As a boy, Alexander dreamed of matching the heroic feats of Achilles. At 18 he led the Macedonian cavalry to a stunning victory against the Greeks. By 25 he had crushed the Persians in three monumental battles and was the master of the greatest empire the world had ever seen. Men began to call him a god. But behind the legend was another, more complex story.

Als Sklave musste sich Arimnestos von Platäa seine Freiheit einst hart erkämpfen. Nun gerät diese erneut in Gefahr. Denn die Perser rücken heran, entschlossen, die aufständischen Griechen zu bezwingen und Athen niederzubrennen. Um das persische Heer aufzuhalten, sammelt sich in der Ebene von Marathon ein kleines Aufgebot aus Athenern und Platäern. Unter ihnen ist auch Arimnestos, bereit, seinem Ruf - Menschenschlächter - alle Ehre zu machen.

Als Sklave musste sich Arimnestos von Platäa seine Freiheit einst hart erkämpfen. Nun gerät diese erneut in Gefahr. Denn die Perser rücken heran, entschlossen, die aufständischen Griechen zu bezwingen und Athen niederzubrennen. Um das persische Heer aufzuhalten, sammelt sich in der Ebene von Marathon ein kleines Aufgebot aus Athenern und Platäern. Unter ihnen ist auch Arimnestos, bereit, seinem Ruf - Menschenschlächter - alle Ehre zu machen.

The vast and deadly conflict between Alexander the Great's former generals as they battle for control of his empire has reached a tense stalemate. No one seems able to strike the decisive blow. But with everything in the balance, a secret emerges: hidden in the remote mountains is a young man who could change everything: Herakles, the son of Alexander. Whoever aspires to Alexander's mantle must now control his one legitimate heir - or destroy him - and a war being played across the known world is set for its final, bloody conclusion.

The death of Alexander the Great was the signal to begin the greatest war in human history - a war that swept like a firestorm from one end of the known world to the other, as his former generals fought like jackals to make his vast empire their own. By 305 BC, the most powerful players in this deadly game faced each other across the Mediterranean: Ptolemy, the master of Egypt, and Antigonus One-Eye, master of Asia. And between them, the island of Rhodes, a strategic fortress city that neither could afford to cede to the enemy.

Glory. Death. Well-born Athenian cavalry officer Kineas fought shoulder to shoulder with Alexander in his epic battles against the Persian hordes. But on his return from the east to his native city, he finds not glory but shame - and exile. With nothing to his name but his military skills, Kineas agrees to lead a band of veterans to the city of Olbia, where the Tyrant is offering good money to train the city's elite cavalry.

They were born in the middle of a battle, into a world at war. And from their first moments of life, twins Satyrus and Melitta were fighting for survival. Their father, a Greek mercenary, was cut down not long after they had taken their first breath; their Scythian mother was cruelly murdered when they were still children.

An action-packed tale of betrayal and revenge set amid the war between Alexander the Great's generals and climaxing in the most spectacular battle of the ancient world. Satyrus and Melitta, twin heirs to a rich kingdom on the Black Sea, become desperate fugitives when their mother, the Scythian warrior-princess Srayanka, is cut down in a savage act of betrayal. Accompanied by their tutor, the Spartan Philokles, they must make a perilous journey west, pursued by ruthless assassins, to find sanctuary with the army of their father's closest friend, Diodorus.

Kineas, the Athenian cavalry commander, has come a long way since being dismissed from the army of Alexander and vengefully exiled by his own city. Together, his mercenary force and their Scythian allies have defeated a mighty Macedonian army at the Ford of the River God, and his adopted city of Olbia is now free once more. But his destiny will not allow him to enjoy the fruits of victory for long. Far to the east, at the farthest edge of the Sea of Grass, Alexander is threatening to crush the Scythian hordes once and for all.

211 BCE. The Roman invasion from the western seas is imminent, and from the south the Spartans are burning and pillaging their way north. Battle-hardened Philopoemen believes the Achean League is facing annihilation if it does not arm. But without a formal army or cavalry, they don't stand a chance. Convincing his friend and healer Alexanor that the threat is real, together they begin to build a massive cavalry guard from the ground up - one that will fight on all fronts. It is the last roll of the dice for the Achean League.