by Kate Quinn
SJA TURNEY lives with his wife, son and daughter, two dogs, and two rabbits in rural Northern England surrounded by ancient remains that have influenced his entire world. A lifetime devotee of all things historical, and Roman in particular, Simon has spent most of his adult life visiting ancient sites, studying the Roman world—and reenacting it—and writing military adventure novels based on it. Bestselling author of the Marius’ Mules and Praetorian series of Roman fiction and the Ottoman Cycle and Tales of the Empire in non-Roman, Simon excels at bloodcurdling prose and fart jokes.
RUSSELL WHITFIELD was born in Shepherd’s Bush in 1971. An only child, he was raised in Hounslow, West London, but has since escaped to Ham in Surrey. Russell has had an (almost) lifelong fascination with ancient Greece and Rome, sparked by seeing the The Three Hundred Spartans on ITV in the seventies. Educated to A-Level, he did not complete college, preferring instead to seek fame and fortune in a heavy metal band. Sadly, fame and fortune were not forthcoming, and a career in telesales beckoned. A series of jobs followed, culminating in the heady heights of “content editor” for a large multinational. Gladiatrix was Russ’ first novel, published in 2008 by Myrmidon Books. The sequel, Roma Victrix, continues the adventures of Lysandra, the Spartan gladiatrix, and a third book, Imperatrix, sees Lysandra stepping out of the arena and onto the field of battle. Heavy metal is Russ’ music of choice, though he was also in a goth band and thus has the obligatory Sisters of Mercy and Mission CDs in his collection. He is a huge fan of the Swedish band Hysterica and has written a song for their second album, The Art of Metal.
A Song of War
“Introduction” copyright © 2016 by Glyn Iliffe
“The Apple” copyright © 2016 by Kate Quinn
“The Prophecy” copyright © 2016 by Stephanie Thornton
“The Sacrifice” copyright © 2016 by Russell Whitfield
“The Duel” copyright © 2016 by Christian Cameron
“The Bow” copyright © 2016 by Libbie Hawker
“The Horse” copyright © 2016 by Vicky Alvear Shecter
“The Fall” copyright © 2016 by SJA Turney
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