AURELIA: An Aurelia Mitela Roma Nova thriller

by Alison Morton

Overview

"A high-gauge stainless steel needle was not the way I thought I would die."

Ex-Praetorian officer Aurelia Mitela must discover who is manipulating the silver smuggling destroying the economy of her beloved Roma Nova. Who set a lethal trap for her in Berlin? One person fits the bill perfectly, but can she catch him before he kills her?

1960s Roma Nova. A former military commander, Aurelia is one of her country's strong women, but she doubts in her heart and mind that she can overcome her implacable enemy, Caius Tellus. Or should she arrest the mysterious and attractive Miklós – a smuggler who knows too much?

First in the Aurelia Mitela adventures, where Roman fiction is brought into the 20th century through an alternative history lens. INSURRECTIO, NEXUS (novella) and RETALIO follow on.

"A racing climax and a fully satisfying ending" – Kate Quinn

– Historical Novel Society's indie Editor's Choice for Autumn 2015
– B.R.A.G. Medallion
– Finalist, 2016 HNS Indie Award

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151557450
Publisher:	Pulcheria Press
Publication date:	04/29/2015
Series:	Roma Nova Series , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	287
File size:	585 KB

About the Author

Alison Morton, writes the award-winning Roma Nova thriller series featuring modern Praetorian heroines. She blends her deep love of Roman history with six years’ military service, an MA in history, blogging, cultivating a Roman herb garden and drinking wine in France with her husband.

Find out more about Alison’s writing life, Romans and alternate history at her blog www.alison-morton.com, or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AlisonMortonAuthor and follow her on Twitter @alison_morton. Sign up for her free monthly newsletter: www.alison-morton.com/newsletter/

Editorial Reviews

"Morton raises the bar on her Roma Nova series with a thrilling and intriguing history of what might have been. Effortlessly weaving fact and speculative fiction, AURELIA explores a 1960s that is at once familiar and and utterly different - a brilliant page turner that will keep you gripped from first page to last. Highly recommended."

Russell Whitfield

"Meticulously researched. Wonderfully imagined. Alison Morton's Roma Nova will stay with you long after you have closed the pages." - Liesel Schwarz, author of Chronicles of Light and Shadow

Liesel Schwarz

"What if the Roman Empire hadn't fallen? Alison Morton handles this intriguing premise with her customary panache in AURELIA." - Ruth Downie, author of the Ruso Medicus series

Ruth Downie

"Yet again, Ms Morton delivers a fast-paced story set in a world slightly - but fundamentally - different from our own. Roma Nova as a country does not exist - not really - but Ms Morton paints this alternate world of hers with such colours, such details, that by the time the book has ended it comes as a surprise to return to a world without Roma Nova, without strong, impressive women like Aurelia Mitela." - Anna Belfrage, author of The Graham Saga

Anna Belfrage

"Brilliant! Alison Morton's alternative world of Roma Nova - a feisty soldier heroine plunged into the depths of criminal conspiracy, and mind-blowing action all the way to the tense finale. AURELIA is a fabulous read." - David Ebsworth, Historical Novel Society award-winning author

David Ebsworth

"The pace never lets up as Aurelia tracks an old enemy from Roma Nova to Germany and even further–and what an enemy he is. He reminded me of my own smug golden-boy villain Pedanius Fuscus with the result that I was grinding my teeth in rage as I flipped pages faster and faster to see if he'd get his come-uppance. A racing climax and a fully satisfying ending–recommended for fans of alternate history and fans of ancient Rome!" – Kate Quinn

Kate Quinn