Published in 2023 (first published 2015)
465 pages
18 hours and 28 minutes
Kate Quinn is a bestselling author of historical fiction. A lifelong history buff, she has written seven historical novels, including The Alice Network, the Empress of Rome Saga, and the Borgia Chronicle. All have been translated into multiple languages. Eliza Knight is the bestselling author of historical romance novels, including the Stolen Bride series, the Conquered Bride series, and the Tales from the Tudor Court series. She is also the author of several erotic romance titles, including Behind the Plaid and Highlander’s Touch. Knight runs the award-winning blog History Undressed. Miles Cameron is a full-time writer who lives in Canada with his family. He also writes historical fiction under another name. The Red Knight is his fantasy debut. Libbie Grant has been passionate about American history–especially the early days of the Mormon Church–from a young age. She was raised in the Latter-day Saint faith and has deep roots in Mormon culture, though she is no longer a practicing member. Under her pen name, Olivia Hawker, she is a Washington Post bestselling author and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the WILLA Literary Award for Historical Fiction. She lives in the San Juan Islands with her husband, Paul. Stephanie Marie Thornton is a high school history teacher and lives in Alaska with her husband and daughter. Vicky Alvear Shecter is the author of the young adult novel, Cleopatra’s Moon, as well as two award-winning biographies for kids on Alexander the Great and Cleopatra. She is a docent at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Antiquities at Emory University in Atlanta. Ruth Downie is the author of the New York Times bestseller Medicus, as well as Terra Incognita, Persona Non Grata, Caveat Emptor, Semper Fidelis, and Tabula Rasa. She is married with two sons and lives in Devon, England. Stephanie Dray is an award-winning, bestselling, and two-time RITA-nominated author of historical women’s fiction. Before she became a novelist, she was a lawyer, a game designer, and a teacher. Now she uses the stories of women in history to inspire the young women of today.
What is this book about?
Britannia: land of mist and magic clinging to the western edge of the Roman Empire. A red-haired queen named Boudica led her people in a desperate rebellion against the might of Rome, an epic struggle destined to consume heroes and cowards, young and old, Roman and Briton . . . and these are their stories.
A calculating queen foresees the fires of rebellion in a king’s death.
A neglected slave girl seizes her own courage as Boudica calls for war.
An idealistic tribune finds manhood in a brutal baptism of blood and slaughter.
A death-haunted Druid challenges the gods themselves to ensure victory for his people.
A conflicted young warrior finds himself torn between loyalties to tribe and to Rome.
An old champion struggles for everlasting glory in the final battle against the legions.
A pair of fiery princesses fight to salvage the pieces of their mother’s dream as the ravens circle.
A novel in seven parts, overlapping stories of warriors and peacemakers, queens and slaves, Romans and Britons who cross paths during Boudica’s epic rebellion. But who will survive to see the dawn of a new Britannia, and who will fall to feed the ravens?
