"In Ashtown, a rough-and-tumble desert community, the Emperor rules with poisoned claws and an iron fist. He can't show any sign of weakness, as the neighboring Wiley City has spent lifetimes beating down the people of Ashtown and would love nothing more than its downfall. There's only one person in the desert the Emperor can fully trust--and her name is Scales. Scales is the best at what she does: keeping everyone and everything in line. As a skilled...

Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus...

An epic drama set in the days of Julius Caesar, his brutal henchman Mark Antony, his cunning heir apparent Octavian, his conflicted friend Brutus, his ruthless niece Atia and his wrathful lover Servilia. It is a tale for the ages as seen through the eyes of Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, two soliers whose lives become inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself. Love and lust, brotherhood and betrayal entangle the infamous Romans in a cruel match...

A study of the marriage of the last Russian tsar and tsarina offers psychological insights into their relationship and covers the Empress's ill health, their relationship with confidante Ania Vyrubova, and their reliance on the infamous Rasputin.

Surveys the life of Nero, emperor of Rome, and his effect on history.

In the trilogy's conclusion, Kylar Stern is hired for one last job--to assassinate a goddess.

Spoiled Emperor Kuzko always gets everything his way until his evil advisor, Yzma, turns him into a llama and steals the throne, and Kuzko must depend on a peasant called Pacha to help him return to the city, outwit Yzma, and become human, and an emperor, again.

Born in the Mediterranean island of Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte felt like an outsider once his family moved to France. But he found his life's calling after graduating from military school. Napoleon went on to become a brilliant military strategist and the emperor of France. In addition to greatly expanding the French empire, Napoleon also created many laws, which are still encoded in legal systems around the world.