After two careers as a research scientist and an educator, Marian decided it was time to do what she'd always really wanted, and be a writer.
As well as her novels, Marian has published short stories and poetry. Her life-long interest in Roman and post-Roman European history provided the inspiration for her books, while other interests in landscape archaeology and birding provide the background.
A country on the brink of defeat. A woman who answers a call to arms. A man to challenge an Empire.
An Emperor's request. A lover's refusal. And a young woman who must choose between them. Every journey begins with a choice.
A task she cannot refuse. A land that holds secrets. And a man Lena doesn't know if she can trust.
A task she cannot refuse. A land that holds secrets. And a man Lena doesn't know if she can trust.
Can a musician heal, when a physician cannot? Can Sorley's music convince the gods to spare a life – and if so, at what cost?
How many secrets does your family have? And how high the price of peace?
Some games are played for mortal stakes.
Druisius, the son of a merchant, is sixteen when an order from his father that he can neither forgive nor forget drives him from home and into the danger and intrigue of the military.