Bøger af John Caligiuri

An AI named Mara, from the late 21st century, abducts a disparate collection of 5th century people and maroons them on a world many parsecs from Earth. It's a desperate gamble to give humanity a minuscule chance for survival in a merciless galaxy, Lucius Bernius, a Roman general, awakens with no recollection of his past. He, along with scholars and soldiers plucked from the Roman, Byzantine, Persian, Gupta and Sung Empires, find themselves on a bizarre, incomprehensible world.Only Alexa, a mysterious, blind woman, who seems to know more about Lucius than Lucius himself, has information regarding what happened. However, her counsel is met with suspicion and her pleas that humanity's existence depends on their success sounds insane.Besides the land itself, these fifth century humans must battle relentless foes who possess, what to them have god-like powers. Fraught with danger, the forsaken humans struggle against their new world with only their wits and iron age weapons.Lucius discovers he understands things that should be impossible for him to know. To overcome the perils encountered, he must uncover the truth about his hidden past. The resulting maelstrom, even Mara could not foresee.

A Fantasy/Alternate History Novel set at the time of the Roman Empire's fall. It is the tumultuous years of the mid-four hundreds and life is cheap. The dying Roman Empire is trying to deal with wave after wave of barbarian hordes swarming across its borders. It is the story of one man, Lucius, who defiantly clings to the ideals of ancient Rome and to a woman he has no right to love. Thrown together by chance, they forge an improbable relationship that grows into love. As the legions struggle against the endless stream of invaders, Lucius and a group of patriots attempt to rescue the Empire from itself. This leads them to face the wrath of a power hungry despot who ruthlessly crushes the visionaries and forces them into hiding.The Vadal hordes descend on the gates of Rome and the eternal city is in peril. The coalition must find a way to come together, overthrow the emperor and rally the citizens. Whether or not Rome can be saved lies in the hands of those who were named traitors.

Dante Carloman is a computer geek who finds himself leading a small colony marooned on a barren planet. The daily life of these humans is a struggle for survival against both the elements and an alien species, they call harpies, who are bent on their eradication. On the world the human colony named 'Cocytus', Dante uncovers unnerving clues linking humans to the harpies dating back to Earth's early civilizations. In order to solve this mysterious relationship, he must delve into the long-forgotten memories of an ancient artificial intelligence and deal with other alien species who seem to step from the pages of mythological legends. Captured and sent to a world designed for the slow tortured death of the harpies' enemies, Dante discovers astounding truths about mankind's role in the galaxy. With only his wits as a weapon, He finds a chink in the aliens' all-encompassing control. But he must summon the courage to face an enemy who has not known defeat in a millennium. That tenuous chance will either save them or doom humanity to annihilation. Humans, satyrs, centaurs and rocs working together in a bizarre melding of needs and expectations results in a gripping adventure laced with humor. It is a fast-paced novel that redefines what we think of as life.

How can you save mankind when the odds against you are at least a million to one?Earth is not mankind's only home. Centuries ago, a group of humans left Earth and developed a flourishing society, and in time they forgot about their home world, whose inhabitants had gotten no farther into space than their own moon.These star-travelling humans suffered a horrific fate. The dominant empire in the galaxy, the Ipis, attacked. Deserted by their allied species, humanity's armies were crushed and their civilization annihilated. Simply being human was considered a capital crime in the Ipis Empire.Seven years ago, Dante Carloman was abducted from Earth, along with hundreds of others, by Ipis scientists who had kept their endeavors secret. After overcoming his captors, he built a small society on the frozen world of Cocytus, while the Earth, on the fringe of the galaxy, remained unknown. Ipis marauders, searching for human enclaves, found the Earth and pounced.Until then, Dante had no idea where in the galaxy the world of his birth was until that invasion. With over a billion of Earth's population already murdered by the Ipis, his options were slim. He had to depend on a relief armada from an alliance that didn't exist a year ago, unite a planet of humans who hadn't agreed on anything since they crawled out of the swamp, and defeat an enemy that hadn't lost a significant battle in over a hundred and twenty years.Dante was willing to make a deal with the devil to save his species from extinction.