J. Clifton Slater Books in Order

Former Marine Phelan Oscar Piran becomes an unusually senior naval ensign after military disgrace changes his career. Flight training brings new challenges, while his Druid family’s expectations complicate the place he hopes to establish within the Galactic Council Realm.

Lieutenant Phelan Oscar Piran is diverted from a new naval assignment to investigate conflict between construction workers and Druids. What begins as a local dispute exposes a wider conspiracy, a powerful traitor and a pledge reaching back centuries.

Forced to take shore leave on Planet Tres, Phelan Oscar Piran uncovers a rebellion extending beyond a single world. With other naval specialists also on leave, he assembles help against a conspiracy connected to ancient conflict and divided Druid loyalties.

After a patrol boat filled with murdered Legionaries washes ashore, Alerio Sisera volunteers to scout for the Roman response. His investigation creates a powerful enemy and leaves him defending a besieged harbor without hope of reinforcements.

Young swordsman Alerio Sisera leaves his father’s farm for the levied Legions of the Roman Republic. Training, military service and political life challenge his temper and teach him that quick reflexes alone cannot guarantee survival or advancement.

Naval pilot Phelan Oscar Piran’s work defending the Druids has made him a target of the Empress. Facing invaders and saboteurs, he must combine military training with Druid gifts to prevent genocide and the destruction of their valley.

On his way to a new posting, Alerio Sisera loses his travel bag to a protection racket. Pursuing the thieves exposes murdered senators and a dangerous treaty, drawing a routine journey into a conspiracy that threatens the Roman Republic.

Carthaginian forces control Messina’s harbor and the shipping routes Rome needs. Sent across the strait behind enemy lines, Alerio Sisera must find a way to reopen the port for the Legions using force, improvisation and hazardous negotiations.

Vindictive officers leave Alerio Sisera injured and disgraced after a brutal punishment. Restoring his reputation means overcoming both physical wounds and military politics, even as circumstances force him to save the Legion responsible for his suffering.

Marine assault leader Diosa Alberich receives a powerful bionic eye after a pirate attack. Its enhanced capabilities make her valuable and dangerous to her own commanders, forcing her to resist their control while protecting a crucial military asset.

Former Marine Diosa Alberich and researcher Walden Geboren investigate traitors within the Galactic Council Realm. Their combination of battlefield tactics and intelligence work brings them against profiteers and imperial sympathizers, whose influence has protected them from conventional authority.

Bionically enhanced former Marine Diosa Alberich brings assault tactics to an espionage investigation. Assigned cases demanding more force than conventional agents can provide, she and her researcher partner confront enemies whose resistance turns intelligence work into close combat.

A battlefield littered with dead Legionaries signals a growing threat to the Roman Republic. As the Senate struggles with the crisis, Alerio Sisera must combine his experience as infantryman, scout and weapons instructor to survive a reluctant siege.

Historian Tim examines an enormous reptile scale presented by mountain man Solomon Cooper. The evidence challenges his disbelief in Cooper’s claimed occupation as a serpent slayer, drawing him toward a winter wilderness where an impossible creature may be real.

A Roman Legion is rushed against a fortified enemy in 262 BC. When the shield wall begins failing, Alerio Sisera and his isolated infantrymen must use discipline and misdirection to withstand superior numbers and survive the final assault.

What should be a comfortable assignment turns dangerous for corporal Alerio Sisera. His growing experience as an instructor, raider and political protégé offers little reassurance when a sudden fight leaves him facing longer weapons with only a dagger.

Alerio Sisera fights through the Republic’s struggle against Carthage as weapons and artillery tear apart both armies. Survival demands more than armor and swordsmanship, forcing him to rely on judgment, endurance and the courage of the men beside him.

Centurion Alerio Sisera struggles toward the surface beneath an enemy warship, caught between drowning and capture. Escaping the sea is only part of his predicament, as dangerous intrigue tests the audacity that has repeatedly carried him beyond military boundaries.

Alerio Sisera investigates criminals exploiting the Republic’s disorganized military supply system. Bringing the thieves to justice exposes religious rivalries as well as corruption, forcing him into a confrontation where political authority and the claims of rival deities collide.

Ancient accounts describe a princess whose uncanny knowledge protected her kingdom through decades of disaster and war. Yet her enemies also died mysteriously, and a forgotten archive offers clues connecting her apparent wisdom with the secret of the Sorcerer Queen’s hawks.

Centurion Alerio Sisera’s mutual hatred with a senior tribune threatens to become a fatal confrontation. As the Ides of March approach, obligations, scheming and the demand for repayment draw military rivalry toward a settlement measured in blood.

Roman politicians send Alerio Sisera on a diplomatic assignment to Rhodes that many expect him to fail. Local resistance complicates his reception, but the abduction of a merchant prince offers a dangerous opportunity to rescue both the boy and his mission.

Roman infantry take their land tactics onto the sea, where boarding an enemy vessel offers a chance of survival and falling overboard means death beneath heavy armor. In the assault, courage can bring recognition or leave a soldier expendable.

To secure recognition as a military attaché, Alerio Sisera must win endorsements from four scattered commanders. Hoping to gather them in one place promises to shorten his task, but the opportunity brings consequences more dangerous than the journey he hoped to avoid.

Extortion draws Alerio Sisera into an Illyrian capital where an old adversary needs help. Rival claimants, a masked woman’s poisoned kiss and political ambition surround him with threats, leaving the Roman officer struggling to escape a dangerous succession dispute.

Jealousy and concern spread around Alerio Sisera as he prepares for another battle. Bound by promises to a god and a general, the tribune must hold to his obligations while his officers question the pressures shaping his future.

After enduring torture and humiliation, senior tribune Alerio Sisera prepares to confront those responsible. Lessons from his youth urge control over anger, but his understanding of honor demands that he settle the matter before sunrise.

Alerio Sisera begins a political career expecting to exchange military force for negotiation. A series of violent robberies draws him into an investigation, where enforcing the Republic’s laws proves to require the combat skills he thought he had left behind.

In 215 BC, Cretan archer Jace Kasia's defense of the Hirpini brings him into conflict with Romans, Carthaginians, and tribal leaders. He and Cornelius Scipio must reconcile competing missions to survive the threats closing around them.

Cretan archer Jace Kasia seeks a home while Roman tribune Cornelius Scipio struggles to establish himself beyond his father’s reputation. The two young men must combine their abilities when a trapped Legion faces destruction during the Second Punic War.

As Hannibal’s armies devastate Roman territory, Cornelius Scipio fights to defend his family’s reputation. Newly promoted archer Jace Kasia must prove himself despite inexperience, while both young officers face responsibilities that offer little protection from the enemy.

Jace Kasia and Cornelius Scipio confront a Senate constrained by tradition while Mediterranean states choose between Rome and Carthage. Winning political support becomes essential if they are to fulfill their military ambitions and reverse the Republic’s fortunes.

Cornelius Scipio accepts command in Iberia after Roman armies suffer catastrophic defeat. Given authority but little funding, he and Jace Kasia must recruit allies, gather supplies and turn inexperienced soldiers into a force capable of resisting Hasdrubal Barca.

Scipio’s capture of New Carthage transforms the war in Iberia and brings him wealth, allies and influence. While Carthaginian generals prepare revenge, political enemies in Rome fear his growing power threatens the Republic he claims to serve.

Cornelius Scipio applies lessons learned from Hannibal as he prepares to confront Carthaginian commanders in Iberia. His developing strategy faces an unexpected opponent, forcing him to recognize that military skill alone cannot control every threat to victory.

Jace Kasia lives among the Insubri without remembering his name or military training. As tribal resistance to Rome turns toward war, recovering his identity may offer the community a leader capable of protecting the home he has found.

Returning from victory in Iberia, Cornelius Scipio maneuvers through Roman politics while seeking the chance to confront Hannibal. Across the Mediterranean, Jace Kasia’s comfortable employment in Egypt draws him into a rebellion and the Pharaoh’s approaching campaign.

After their grandfather’s murder, three brothers search the ancient world for his killers, missing artifacts and stolen treasure. Discovering their connection to giants and a family curse draws them into conflicts where their unusual size makes them targets.

Cornelius Scipio and Hannibal finally bring their armies against each other. War elephants and disciplined infantry collide across the battlefield, testing the commanders’ tactics while the soldiers beneath them struggle to survive a confrontation shaped by years of rivalry.

Invited to Babylon, Loukas and his brothers become entangled with King Nebuchadnezzar, Queen Amytis and a hidden Cyclops. Discovering a threat to their homeland forces them to rely on their unusual ancestry and artifacts while enemies pursue them.

Young rower Scanlan Saltare is drawn into Roman intelligence work during the conflict with Philip V of Macedonia. Serving among royal officials and foreign envoys, he must gather information while navigating alliances, military ambitions and the threat of exposure.

Exposed spy Scanlan Kasia escapes arrest only to receive another dangerous assignment. Pursued by Egyptian and Seleucid forces, he tries to remain unattached, but rescuing an abandoned puppy adds a vulnerable companion to a mission already built on deception.

Thirteen-year-old Rivus Caudex dreams of chariot-racing glory but lacks money and reputation. Becoming a training partner under warrior-philosopher Cor Livis opens unexpected possibilities, carrying him from contests for applause into warfare where the reward is simply survival.

Rejected and hungry, young Rivus Caudex learns harsh lessons in an early Roman city-state shaped by warfare and strict family traditions. Guidance from warrior-philosopher Cor Livis offers another path, while beliefs about punishment and broken oaths influence his developing character.

Sixteen-year-old Rivus Caudex discovers an unknown family as the circus that has sheltered him approaches collapse. A new name and place in society seem within reach, but claiming that future means surviving a deadly challenge.