Shards of Heaven: The Shards of Heaven (Series #1) (Paperback)

from AltheaAnn

This is one of those books that would translate very well to the big screen.Set after the death of Julius Caesar, the book concerns the war that breaks out after his death, with Cleopatra and Marc Antony, with Caesar's son Caesarion, on one side and Caesar's great-nephew Octavian on the other. Wi...

from JGolomb

The Shards of Heaven is not author Michael Livingston's first work. In fact, he's already a prolific award-winning writer, though mostly focused in his world of academia. Livingston is a Professor of Medieval Literature at The Citadel in South Carolina. The Shards of Heaven is his first novel and...

from janerawoof

Alternate history cum fantasy, depicting Hellenistic Egypt, during reign of Cleopatra. Strong sea battle of Actium, with one of the "Shards of Heaven" [pieces of God's throne] controlled by Juba of Numidia for Octavian, wreaking destruction on the fleet of Mark Antony. There follows a search for ...

from bookczuk

Imagine the timeline of history, stretched out before you. Now imagine that you can reach into that timeline, and grab a chunk of it, say roughly around 44 BCE to 30 BCE. Twist and pull that chunk apart, tease out people, events, landscapes, cultural beliefs, battles, outcomes. Now add in persona...