Dawn Of Empire

The compulsive conclusion to the Dragon Empire trilogy from sci-fi superstar Kylie Chan. Life seems settled for Jian in the Dragon Empire. She’s comfortable in her position as Captain of the Imperial Guard and content with her unusual domestic arrangements. But when trouble stirs at the edge of the Empire, they discover that the Cat Republic has been hiding a powerful and dangerous force that could destroy everything the Empire represents. Jian and her family must work together to save the Empire – and travel further than any dragon has ever gone.

“[A] wonderful book! Big, passionate, powerful, epic...sheer story-telling prowess. I couldn’t put it down!” — --John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of THE HUNT CLUB “Beautifully imagined and researched adventure, with terrific action!” — Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Equal parts history lesson, love story and war saga, Barone’s first historical will have readers turning pages.” — Publishers Weekly “[W]ell-crafted...a Bronze Age historical romance with brains as well as brawn, ripe for a sequel.” — Kirkus Reviews “[A] compelling first novel ...Readers will find it hard to put down this dramatic tale of conflict.” — Library Journal “If Bernard Cornwell and Diana Gabaldon decided to collaborate on a novel, the result would be something like this.” — Arizona Republic

The leader of a band of marauding barbarians, Thutmose-sin is a warrior gifted by the gods with extraordinary perception and cunning. To survive, he and his people plunder and pillage, killing and enslaving the dirt-eaters who dwell in villages across the plains. But Thutmose-sin also secretly fears these enemies, for they possess a weapon far deadlier than any bow or lance: the food they coax from the ground that allows them to multiply. Someday, he worries, there might be so many of them that even his warriors will not be able to kill them all. And in a prosperous settlement near the headwaters of the Tigris, his suspicions are about to come true . . . Determined to preserve their way of life, the peaceful people of Orak refuse to flee the oncoming barbarians. Instead, they devise a bold, untested plan of defense: build a wall around the village high and strong enough to repel the invaders. Under the guidance of an outcast barbarian named Eskkar and his true love, an enchanting and wise slave girl named Trella, the villagers begin the wall's construction and await the epic battle that will pit them against the unstoppable barbarians—a battle whose outcome will change the world forever. An enthralling historical novel of war, passionate love, courage, and savagery, Dawn of Empire tells in sweeping prose and with heroic, unforgettable characters the story of an ancient people's triumph—an amazing feat that marked the building of the first walled city and the beginning of an era that gave rise to some of history's greatest civilizations.

An enthralling debut historical novel set in the Bronze Age, "Dawn of Empire" tells the story of one fearless villages epic battle against a clan of invading barbarians. I couldnt put it down.--John Lescroart.

The definitive version of the Spanish-American War as well as a dramatic account of America's emergence as a global power.

Eskkar the warrior and Trella the keen-witted slave girl come together in a mighty struggle to survive a barbarian invasion and build mankind's first walled city.

Books 31 to 40 of Livy's history chart Rome's emergence as an imperial nation and the Romans tempestuous involvement with Greece, Macedonia and the near East in the opening decades of the second century BC; they are our most important source for Graeco-Roman relations in that century. Livy's dramatic narrative includes the Roman campaigns in Spain and against the Gallic tribes of Northern Italy; the flight of Hannibal from Carthage and his death in the East; the debate on the Oppian law; and the Bacchanalian Episode.

An Empire in Danger The Empire is in danger, with a weak sybarite on the throne and rebellion rising in outlying regions of the Galaxy and on Earth itself. Then the Emperor is assassinated, and General Ivar Brady-Schiovana is forced to declare himself Emperor. But hope appears in the persons of two men and a woman who are rumored to be legendary heroes. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).