Bruce MacBain Books in Order

In Rome in AD 96, Pliny the Younger investigates a senatorial informer's murder before the man's slaves face collective execution. Working with the poet Martial, he has only the Roman Games' brief recess to untangle dangerous political and religious connections.

Newly appointed governor of Bithynia, Pliny investigates the murder of a senior Roman official in a troubled province. Religious tensions, corruption, and a manipulative healer complicate the case, while difficulties in his marriage threaten his position.

Serving as a court poet in the land of the Rus, Odd Tangle-Hair becomes caught between Harald the Ruthless and Princess Ingigerd. A dangerous affair and political rivalries unfold as Pecheneg warriors threaten the people of Kiev.

A feud forces Odd Tangle-Hair to leave Iceland as conflict grows between followers of the old gods and Christianity. Sailing with a makeshift crew, he travels through the northern world toward service under a renegade Norwegian prince.

Odd Tangle-Hair arrives in Constantinople disguised as an ambassador, secretly intending to kill his former master Harald. Navigating the Byzantine court draws him into imperial intrigue, new alliances, and a romance that complicates his dangerous mission.