Showing results by narrator "Jonathan Waters" in All Categories

After decades of strife and a pair of bloodily savage wars, the Kingdom of Dacia is no more. With King Decebalus dead, and the surviving members of the royal family in captivity, an uneasy peace descends upon the new Roman Province of Dacia. The senate and people of Rome eagerly expect the return of the victorious Emperor Trajan. With equal eagerness, the people await the legendary great Dacian treasury, said to equal hundreds of tons in gold and silver, making its way to Rome.

Finally resolving the conflict none of them expected to take part in, Asterios and his companions continue their journey to discover more about his past and his unusual power. The Demon Continent definitely holds at least some answers to their troubles, as long as they can find Grea's father and convince him to aid them. Alongside their newly gained ally, they press on....

With old allies and enemies clamoring to meet and negotiate with the new "Bright Lord of Gelderham", the world of Etherion seems destined to return to a new age of stability at last. Closer to home, now that Kaya has joined the family, the dynamic in the Stillwater household has changed forever. Children grow older, and the community grows closer. Gelderham always prospers, but uncertainties linger in spite of all this happiness. Several mysteries still loom over the heads of Gray and his family, in particular.

With many challenges, trials, and tribulations riddling their path, Asterios and the girls successfully made it through the realm of valkyrjas and reached the Descending Spire's final floor. The task to pierce the inverted tower's defenses was an arduous one but provided them with some great revelations about Ast's past and his true identity. At the same time, Bryn discovered something new too. Now, with their main goal secured, they have a lot to think about before returning home...

The year is AD 66, and the Roman province of Judea has exploded in rebellion. Far from being a revolution of unified peoples, the various Jewish factions of Sadducees, Zealots, Sicarii, and Edomites are in a state of civil war; as anxious to spill the blood of each other as they are to fight the Romans. The Judeans find hope when the Romans commit a serious tactical blunder and allow their forces to be ambushed and nearly destroyed in the mountain pass of Beth Horon.

A town rescued from its fate. Duty is done and his home is now safe from the threat of the Crooked. Koda Burke was ready for a rest from the breakneck pace he’d endured since arriving on this new world. He’d fought, bled, and killed for the people of Amberpost, and been sent on his way with a pat on the head and a bag of coins by the town council. But at least people escaped the gruesome fate waiting at the hands of the Crooked. That was a good reward at least, right?

Lucas was shocked when he awoke to find the world had ended. An alien AI called the System had taken over Earth and transformed his apartment building into a 100-floor dungeon tower of traps, monsters, and loot. Trapped at the top, Lucas and the other residents have just one year to reach the ground floor and escape before the tower self-destructs. That’s his first problem. The second is he slept through the System’s welcome orientation, so a Class was picked for him. Lucas is now a Blood Reaver. A brutal Class based on speed, ferocity, and striking from the shadows.

Nick's day was going fine until a portal opened in the middle of a county highway and deposited a tattooed, post-apocalyptic goth girl directly in front of his Hellcat. Grace has been running for weeks from something called the Grume — a monster that can't be killed permanently, only temporarily, and gains immunity to every weapon used against it. Then Nick killed it with Grace's crossbow. Now the Grume is immune to yet another weapon, and it's coming after Nick and his crew.

In 89 A.D., following a failed insurrection by the governor of Upper Germania, the disgraced Legio XXI Rapax is dispatched to Pannonia, on the River Danube. The legion is purged of its senior officers and Emperor Domitian appoints the venerable Lucius Flavius Silva as the new commanding legate. A revered general, Silva famously captured the Herodian Fortress of Masada at the end of the Great Jewish Revolt, twenty years earlier.

Recalled from the front lines to the species melting pot of the Kespian Isle, he is ordered to resurrect Domina 7 and claim dominance in the Grand Arena. A place where gladiators die for coin, power is bought with blood, and three kings vie to rake in the most taxes. To survive, Riko must build an estate of steel, magic, and loyalists… or be devoured by the competition.

Lenora made a mistake. She trusted the wrong man, and in a moment of weakness, he stole a family heirloom from her. Her only chance to get it back will be during Samhain, when the Shadow Market opens and magical folk gather for three days to celebrate, and unfortunately she can’t do it alone. She needs a demon.

The light is fading. Shadows creep across Elystria and the Warrior Republic stands as one of the last strongholds holding back the void's desire to extinguish Elystria and its people for good. As a gifted spatial mage of House Lysandor, Asterion carries the weight of everyone's expectations. While others see future leadership in him, he knows the truth—he'll either prove himself worthy of joining the Undying or get himself along with his friends killed trying.

An alpha is dead. With the death of Brianna's father, Kirk and company have no choice but to return to Kodiak Island. They need to be with the Ahnah pack to help them heal... and seek vengeance. But there's one problem: Kirk is a federal agent now and doesn't get to gallivant around the country...

During the five decades since the Treaty of Rhandeia ended the War of Armenian Succession, an uneasy peace has existed between the Roman and Parthian Empires. The treaty’s terms dictated the King of Armenia must come from Parthia’s ruling Arsacid Dynasty but can only be lawfully crowned by the Emperor of Rome. Following the passing of King Sanatruk in 110 A.D., King Osroes of Parthia appoints a new Armenian sovereign with neither consultation nor consent of Emperor Trajan. Three years later, he forcibly removes the king and installs another, again without the knowledge or permission from Rome.

Wulf survived his first year, repelled the first wave of demons, and earned a promotion to the Academy’s main branch—and so far, no one knows he’s an alchemist. For the first time, things are looking up. That illusion shatters in Centralis, the largest city in the world and humanity’s strongest bastion. Its Academy offers unmatched resources—and ruthless politics. To survive, Wulf must outmaneuver scheming nobles, forge powerful alliances, and use the memories of his past life to rise faster than any Ascendant before him.

Four years after their departure for the east, the armies of Rome are bloodied and exhausted. Their victories against the Parthian Empire came at great cost. As Emperor Trajan stood upon the shores of the Persian Gulf, insurrections erupted amongst the Jewish populations of Cyrenaica, Egypt, Cyprus, and Syria. These were inflamed by uprisings across the newly conquered regions of Mesopotamia. Though Trajan defeated Parthia’s armies in the field, the campaign ended with a humiliating failed siege at Hatra. Disease wreaked havoc upon the imperial army, including the emperor himself.

When a wave of Russian cyberattacks ignites a disinformation firestorm, the United States is pushed to the brink of a civil war. State governments defy Washington. Militias rise. As trust crumbles and chaos spreads, the CIA races to expose the source behind such unrest before democracy collapses from within. Brilliant, relentless, and haunted by her mother’s disappearance, Ava was recruited for a moment like this.

Portal Science Fiction Fantasy For Adults - A New Romantasy you won't be able to put down! Rescue missions, human oppression, invasion, slavery, including war, hand-to-hand combat, violence, and savagery.

When a trio of cute goblins emerged from a silver portal that appeared out of nowhere on my property...things got a bit more complicated all of a sudden. Also, I soon discovered they bite and scratch: mostly each other, but sometimes me.

The only thing that makes the dying lights of civilization shine a little brighter is the reflection on blades of steel fighting the darkness. In the far north of the island of Britain, the legions of Rome have vanished, gone to fight in the wars of a disintegrating empire. In their stead rides the cavalry of Arthur, Tribune of the last Romano – British fighting unit that pledges their lives to no petty king, but to Britain as a whole.