R.W. Peake Books in Order

After Caesar's assassination and the battle of Philippi, Titus Pullus's Tenth Legion passes under Mark Antony's command. A campaign into Parthia and growing rivalry with Octavian force its soldiers to navigate military danger and divided Roman loyalties.

Following the failed Parthian campaign, Titus Pullus and his legion become caught between Antony and Octavian's competing ambitions. Cleopatra's alliance with Antony strengthens the struggle for control, drawing the soldiers toward a confrontation at Actium.

In an alternative history where Julius Caesar survived assassination, Rome's conquering army reaches the Japanese islands. Titus Pullus and his fellow legionaries confront warriors devoted to their emperor, testing whether Caesar's relentless eastern expansion has finally reached its limit.

Titus Pullus joins an invasion of Thrace whose supposed authorization by Augustus proves uncertain. His final struggle shifts from military campaigning to a Roman courtroom, where powerful opponents threaten the standing and future he has fought to secure.

Promoted to Camp Prefect under Octavian, Titus Pullus joins a campaign in Pannonia while confronting age and personal loss. Combat against regional tribes is complicated by the political threats accompanying Augustus's consolidation of power in Rome.

Young Titus Porcinianus Pullus joins the Eighth Legion carrying the reputation of his father and celebrated grandfather. Service under Drusus in Germania brings demanding expectations, political suspicion, and the possibility of involvement in Rome's approaching succession struggles.

Titus Pullus recounts his childhood, friendship with Vibius Domitius, and determination to join Caesar's newly raised Tenth Legion. Training and campaigning in Hispania introduce the young soldiers to military life and the commander who will shape their careers.

Titus Pullus and the Tenth Legion campaign across Gaul under Julius Caesar, building their reputation through years of hard fighting. Told as an aging soldier's memoir, the novel follows their service toward the looming conflict between Roman armies.

Titus Porcinianus Pullus faces his brother's enlistment, a troubled romance, and the ambitions of his commanding officer. Drawn toward a tribunal in Rome, he must manage personal loyalties amid political maneuvering surrounding Augustus and Tiberius.

Having survived the Ides of March, Julius Caesar launches his planned invasion of Parthia with tactics designed to defeat its cavalry. Titus Pullus and the Tenth Legion face an enemy equally determined to avoid repeating the Romans' earlier disaster.

Promoted into the First Cohort after his first campaign, Titus discovers that imperial peace offers little personal security. A superior's coercion and unrest in a newly conquered province force him to navigate dangers both inside and outside the legion.

A revolt draws Titus back to Pannonia to advise the young Germanicus at Tiberius's request. Discovering conflicting political motives, he must choose between helping a promising commander succeed and obeying the powerful patron who controls his future.

An ambush in Pannonia brings tragedy to Titus's family, and his retaliatory violence jeopardizes his military career. To survive the consequences, he accepts service connected to Tiberius, entering the dangerous patronage relationships he hoped to avoid.

After taking major Parthian cities, Caesar seeks a decisive confrontation with King Phraates. Titus Pullus's legion must also face Roman survivors now serving the enemy, raising doubts about whether old loyalties can survive a decade of captivity.

After conquering Parthia, Caesar marches into India, intent on surpassing Alexander's achievements. Titus Pullus and the Tenth Legion face armored elephants, an unfamiliar land, and resistance within their own army when the campaign's true scope becomes clear.

The destruction of Varus's legions and Augustus's death unsettle Rome's frontier armies. Titus Pullus struggles with unwilling recruits, a challenging young officer, and spreading mutiny that demands he put duty and his family's reputation above personal conflict.

As Rome prepares retaliation against Arminius, revelations about his parentage unsettle Centurion Gnaeus Volusenus. His changing relationship with Titus Pullus unfolds alongside the Rhine army's campaign, bringing military duty into collision with a newly complicated family identity.

Gnaeus embraces the Pullus name after learning the truth about his father, only to encounter danger within his new family. Returning to the Rhine army brings another campaign under Germanicus against Arminius and the tribes responsible for Varus's defeat.

Caesar's Indian campaign stalls amid mutiny and rebellion in Parthia, leaving Titus Pullus responsible for troops stranded at Bharuch. An exiled king's alliance with Pandya threatens the city while the Romans struggle to maintain discipline far from home.

In 878, fourteen-year-old Titus leaves a hostile home to answer Alfred's call against Danish invaders. His unusual strength and conviction that he belongs with warriors carry him from a Wiltshire village toward the battle for Wessex.

Storms strand Gnaeus and his soldiers in Britannia, where their captivity threatens his family's fortune. After release, he risks military disgrace to pursue a swindler toward Alexandria, aided by relatives and a woman from the Parisii tribe.

Summoned to Rome, Gnaeus Pullus learns that Germanicus expects repayment for past protection. Assigned to the Praetorian Guard, he must investigate the increasingly powerful Sejanus, exposing himself and his family to dangers beyond anything encountered on the frontier.

Caesar's surviving legions face their final challenge in the Japanese islands after years of eastern conquest. This continuation of the expanded alternate history brings the campaign and its accumulated character conflicts toward resolution, imagining the consequences of Rome's extraordinary reach.

Determined to reach the Ganges, Caesar combines diplomacy and warfare across southern India. The death of a royal heir intensifies local hostility, while Titus Pullus and the legionaries face a growing test of loyalty as the march continues east.

Caesar's army presses through hostile jungle toward the Han Empire as another mutiny threatens his ambitions. An encounter with imperial envoys produces a bargain for supplies and territory, entangling Roman conquest with the Chinese emperor's own political problems.

Eight recruits join Titus Pullus and Vibius Domitius in Julius Caesar’s new Tenth Legion. Their different backgrounds, secrets and ambitions collide during brutal training, forging a military unit that must face rebellion in Hispania together.

Titus's violent temper and troubled love life place his future at risk just as Danish raiders threaten Wessex. Called to serve Alfred at sea, the famed Berserker must learn unfamiliar tactics and reconsider what connects him to his enemies.

Exiled warrior Titus serves the Count of Flanders while renewed Viking attacks strain the peace across the Channel. His reputation draws royal attention, and an invitation to return home brings choices involving friendship, loyalty, and King Alfred's larger plans.

A soldier's tavern killing gives Gnaeus Pullus's enemies leverage over him. Forced into a mission supporting a Germanic usurper, he travels through hostile territory with unreliable allies and discovers that Rome's intended change of kings conceals competing schemes.

After a naval victory, Titus suffers an ambush led by a former Danish friend and vows revenge. Meanwhile, Yanna is trapped in besieged Paris, drawing their separate dangers toward an enemy prepared to use their relationship against him.

Newly trained soldiers of Caesar’s Tenth Legion enter combat against rebellious tribes in Hispania. Titus Pullus and his comrades confront death, cruelty and cowardice within their own ranks as the realities of victory test the bonds built during training.

A Gallic uprising pulls Gnaeus Pullus back into political rivalries he thought he had escaped. As Roman forces confront the well-equipped rebels of Sacrovir, familiar enemies and hidden assistance complicate the task of restoring order.

Pregnant with Titus's child, Yanna finds herself trapped in Paris during a Viking siege. Sheltering with other expectant mothers as hunger spreads, she must face threats within the starving city while hoping to survive and reunite with her lover.

During Claudius's invasion of Britannia, the Pullus family's military duties acquire a painful personal dimension. Gnaeus's estranged wife and youngest son are somewhere on the island, raising the possibility that Roman service will place relatives on opposing sides.

Escaping besieged Paris, Yanna sails toward Wessex with her infant son, only to be captured by Titus's former friend Einarr. A ransom demand turns her hoped-for reunion into a trap designed to deliver the Berserker to his enemies.

As Rome strengthens its position in Britannia, Gnaeus Pullus reunites with his estranged wife and son. Their divided loyalties complicate family reconciliation while skirmishes and political pressure force him to balance personal bonds against his duty to Rome.