The Shards of Heaven
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Publisher:
St Martins Pr
Pub. Date:
2015
Edition:
First edition
Language:
English
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"Julius Caesar is dead, assassinated on the senate floor, and the glory that is Rome has been torn in two. Octavian, Caesar's ambitious great-nephew and adopted son, vies with Marc Antony and Cleopatra for control of Caesar's legacy. As civil war rages from Rome to Alexandria, and vast armies and navies battle for supremacy, a secret conflict may shape the course of history. Juba, Numidian prince and adopted brother of Octavian, has embarked on a ruthless quest for the Shards of Heaven, lost treasures said to possess the very power of the gods--or the one God. Driven by vengeance, Juba has already attained the fabled Trident of Poseidon, which may also be the staff once wielded by Moses. Now he will stop at nothing to obtain the other Shards, even if it means burning the entire world to the ground. Caught up in these cataclysmic events, and the hunt for the Shards, are a pair of exiled Roman legionnaires, a Greek librarian of uncertain loyalties, assassins, spies, slaves . . . and the ten-year-old daughter of Cleopatra herself. The Shards of Heaven reveals the hidden magic behind the history we know, and commences a war greater than any mere mortal battle"--
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Subjects
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Antonius, Marcus
Antonius, Marcus, -- 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Fiction
Augustus
Augustus, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Fiction
Cleopatra
Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- -30 B.C. -- Family -- Fiction
Emperors
Emperors -- Fiction
Family
Fantasy fiction
History
Imaginary wars and battles
Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
Juba
Juba -- II, -- King of Mauretania, -- approximately 50 B.C.-approximately 24 A.D
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. -- Fiction
Antonius, Marcus
Antonius, Marcus, -- 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Fiction
Augustus
Augustus, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Fiction
Cleopatra
Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- -30 B.C. -- Family -- Fiction
Emperors
Emperors -- Fiction
Family
Fantasy fiction
History
Imaginary wars and battles
Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
Juba
Juba -- II, -- King of Mauretania, -- approximately 50 B.C.-approximately 24 A.D
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. -- Fiction
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ISBN:
9780765380319
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Alternative histories (Fiction)
Antonius, Marcus, -- 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Fiction
Augustus, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Fiction
Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- -30 B.C. -- Family -- Fiction
Emperors -- Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
Juba -- II, -- King of Mauretania, -- approximately 50 B.C.-approximately 24 A.D
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. -- Fiction
Antonius, Marcus, -- 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Fiction
Augustus, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Fiction
Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- -30 B.C. -- Family -- Fiction
Emperors -- Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
Juba -- II, -- King of Mauretania, -- approximately 50 B.C.-approximately 24 A.D
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. -- Fiction
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The Shards of Heaven
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The Shards of Heaven
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Antonius, Marcus
Augustus
Cleopatra
Emperors
Family
History
Imaginary wars and battles
Juba
Augustus
Cleopatra
Emperors
Family
History
Imaginary wars and battles
Juba
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