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Last Apartment in Istanbul

Last Apartment in Istanbul
  • Author(s): Defne Suman
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 2020s

I was writing to her, so that she would know me not as this old person whose joints creaked when he rose from a chair, but as the real Pericles: the man who dreamt, deceived, envied, loved. Pericles Drakos...

Last Letter from Istanbul

Last Letter from Istanbul
  • Author(s): Lucy Foley
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1921

Constantinople, 1921 Each day Nur gazes across the waters of the Bosphorus to her childhood home, a grand white house, nestled on the opposite bank. Memories float on the breeze – the fragrance of the fig trees, the saffron...

Last Prophecy of Rome

Last Prophecy of Rome
  • Author(s): Iain King
  • Location(s): Iraq, Istanbul (Constantinople), New York City (NYC), Rome
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

NEW YORK: A delivery van hurtling through Wall Street, blows up, showering the sky with a chilling message: America is about to be brought down like the Roman Empire. And there is only one man that can stop it...

Legionary

Legionary
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Türkiye (Turkey), Greece, Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late Antiquity

A tale of military brotherhood in the legions of Rome The Roman Empire is crumbling, and a shadow looms in the east… 376 AD: the Eastern Roman Empire is alone against the tide of barbarians swelling on her borders....

Legionary: Dark Eagle (Legionary 8)

Legionary: Dark Eagle (Legionary 8)
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Syria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Iran, Istanbul (Constantinople), Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late Antiquity, Late Roman Empire

A tale of vengeance and high adventure set in the war-torn late Roman Empire What hope has one forgotten soldier of bringing an emperor to justice? Winter, 382 AD. The Gothic War is over. After years of bloodshed, the...

Legionary: Empire of Shades (Legionary 6)

Legionary: Empire of Shades (Legionary 6)
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Serbia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Istanbul (Constantinople), Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Late Antiquity, Late Roman Empire

A tale of adventure and military brotherhood in the legions of Rome 379 AD: Thracia has fallen to the Gothic horde… With the ashes of Adrianople still swirling in the air, the Eastern Roman Empire is in turmoil. The...

Legionary: Gods & Emperors (Legionary 5)

Legionary: Gods & Emperors (Legionary 5)
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Bulgaria, France, Germany, Istanbul (Constantinople), Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late Antiquity, Late Roman Empire

A tale of adventure and military brotherhood in the legions of Rome The fate of the East rests on the edge of a sword as the legions and the Goths march to war… 378 AD: Fritigern’s Gothic horde tightens...

Legionary: Land of the Sacred Fire (Legionary 3)

Legionary: Land of the Sacred Fire (Legionary 3)
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Syria, Iran, Iraq, Istanbul (Constantinople), Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late Antiquity, Late Roman Empire

A tale of adventure and military brotherhood in the legions of Rome The empire is on its knees, but a last hope lies beyond the eastern frontier . . . 377 AD: Emperor Valens has stripped the Persian frontier...

Legionary: The Blood Road (Legionary 7)

Legionary: The Blood Road (Legionary 7)
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Bulgaria, France, Germany, Istanbul (Constantinople), Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late Antiquity, Late Roman Empire

A tale of adventure and military brotherhood in the legions of Rome 381 AD: The Gothic War draws to a brutal climax, and the victor’s name will be written in blood… The great struggle between the Eastern Roman Empire...

Legionary: The Scourge of Thracia (Legionary 4)

Legionary: The Scourge of Thracia (Legionary 4)
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Bulgaria, France, Germany, Istanbul (Constantinople), Serbia, Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Late Antiquity, Late Roman Empire

A tale of adventure and military brotherhood in the legions of Rome The legions are in tatters, and the Gothic hordes are gathering beyond the mountains . . . 377 AD: Thracia’s legions are few and broken in the...

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