Roman Tales Books in Order

Enslaved Bran dreams of returning to Britannia, but criticizing Rome lands him in prison awaiting execution. His fellow prisoner, the captured British chief Caratacus, proposes a way to save them both, provided Bran can help carry it out.

In Rome in AD 64, Christian slave girl Mary accompanies her master to the chariot races and witnesses a terrible crime. Her visit becomes dangerous as powerful enemies pose threats far greater than the city's ordinary thieves.

Trainee priest Brutus shelters in the Temple of Juno while a Gallic army besieges Rome. An offer of military help raises doubts about whom the temple's inhabitants can trust as they wait for rescue from an unlikely source.

While helping his grandmother prepare a feast, young Pertinax keeps Pliny company in the garden. Pliny tells him about a frightening ghost that once haunted a garden, leaving the boy to wonder whether such stories are merely inventions.