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The Warring States    by Greg Strandberg
Price: $2.99 USD. 91870 words. Language: English. Published on March 25, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

The Warring States Series: Book 1 400 BC. War looms in the land that will one day become China. Seven States battle for power and influence in the waning days of the Zhou Dynasty: Wei, Han, Zhao, Qin, Chu, Qi, and Yan. Marquis Wen of Wei and his family are ready to take their place of honor in the country, but the other states are ready to stop them. Their course will set the stage for war.
Two Horizons    by Hank Lawson
Price: Free! 121550 words. Language: English. Published on March 17, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Great Pyramid, rival priests, romance with a harem (perhaps royal) woman, and jealous Queen prey on God-king Khufu. In parallel to Khufu’s labors, Mehi labors to absolve his family’s crime by self-sacrifice as a pyramid worker. The crime also burdens his love for An-khi, a governor’s daughter who aspires to be governor herself. Will Mehi save Khufu from his enemies, including Mehi’s own brother?
O Rei dos Judeus    by Henry Alfred Bugalho
Price: $0.99 USD. 72300 words. Language: Portuguese. Published on March 14, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

Jesus, um camponês da Galiléia, tem diante de si a mais difícil de todas as missões: cumprir os desígnios de Deus. Para isto, ele desafiará a cultura de seu tempo, a Religião, os homens santos e até o poderoso Império Romano. “O Rei dos Judeus” lança uma nova visão sobre esta controversa figura que mudou os rumos da civilização ocidental.
Der Sohn der Amazone    by Stefanie Philipp
Price: $2.99 USD. 112490 words. Language: German. Published on March 14, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

Was würdest Du tun, wenn das Kind, das Du zur Welt bringst, Dein schlimmster Feind ist? Für die Amazone Raván sind Männer halbe Tiere und gefährliche Feinde. Doch als sie wider Erwarten einen Sohn bekommt, bringt sie es nicht über sich, ihn zu töten. Durch die Liebe zu dem Jungen gerät ihre Welt aus den Fugen, und sie muss allen Mut und Klugheit aufbringen, um das Leben ihres Kindes zu retten.
Vengeance & Remission (Introduction)    by Amalia Angellinni
Price: Free! 31230 words. Language: English. Published on March 3, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

It's just the introduction to Vengeance & Remission. If you wish to read more, please buy the complete book.
The Republican Coin    by Pamela Lamb
Price: $2.99 USD. 66870 words. Language: Australian English. Published on March 2, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

(4.00 from 2 reviews)
In the dying days of the Roman republic, Marcus drops a coin on the ramparts of a hill fort in south west Britannia. Why is he there 80 years before Britannia is invaded by the troops of the Emperor Claudius? In 1966 the coin is found by Lynette, volunteering on a dig in her summer holidays. The coin could rewrite the history of Britain but, for Lynette, it holds memories she’d rather forget.
Mesopotamia - The Healer, the Slave and the Prince    by Yehuda Israely
Price: Free! 47980 words. Language: English. Published on March 2, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

The healer and his apprentice slave of 3000 BC live in an old and sweet Shechrezada-like legend. Their lives hang by a thread as they struggle to exorcise a demon out of the possessed Sumerian prince's body.The craft of healing helps them navigate the murky waters of the courts of the kings of Uruk and the gods of the underworld, and influence the fate of the prince, the deamon, and themselves.
De gouden jakhals    by Jan J.B. Kuipers
Price: $1.50 USD. 6580 words. Language: English. Published on February 11, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

'Een gouden beeldje van Anubis, de jakhalsgod, de gids van de doden! Het zat duidelijk in die vaas verstopt. Dat betekent vast dat het van de overkant van de Nijl komt, uit de dodenstad. Ik snap nu wel waar Neroepe zijn rijkdom vandaan haalt.' Het meisje Neftis en de Schorpioenman Aanen nemen het in het oude Egypte op tegen een bende grafrovers onder leiding van een rijke koopman.
Carrhae    by Peter Darman
Price: $2.99 USD. 221880 words. Language: English. Published on January 30, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

‘Carrhae’ is the fourth and final instalment in the Parthian Chronicles, the adventures of King Pacorus of Dura, and follows on from ‘Parthian Vengeance’.
In the Shadow of Vesuvius    by Liz Carmichael
Price: $2.99 USD. 39990 words. Language: English. Published on January 26, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

Vesuvius has awakened. A Vision a year earlier showed Mira, a fifteen-year-old slave, the devastation of Herculaneum as Vesuvius’s molten centre surged down its sides to cover Herculaneum wiping out all life. To save herself and the child in her care Mira must convince the slave set to guard her, by the child's father, to let them slip away or to flee with her. But time is running fast out.