Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 8: The Talon...The Adventure Begins 3d cover 2024 final
Posted inScience Fiction and Time Travel Books

Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 8: The Talon…The Adventure Begins by Michelle Levigne

Before the Commonwealth existed, there was an expanding, multi-galaxy civilization. Due to the combined effects of a too-aggressive policy of expansion, civil unrest, the inequality and abuse of the classes, and the categorizing of augmented humans as a slave class, the Central Allied Worlds (CAW) disintegrated.   The period of darkness and barbarism that followed is referred to as the Downfall. Various groups of people fled the Central Allied Worlds (referred to by its descendants/survivors simply as "First Civ") as…
Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 7: The Pirate and the Professor 3d cover 2024 final
Posted inScience Fiction and Time Travel Books

Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 7: The Pirate and the Professor by Michelle Levigne

Before the Commonwealth existed, there was an expanding, multi-galaxy civilization. Due to the combined effects of a too-aggressive policy of expansion, civil unrest, the inequality and abuse of the classes, and the categorizing of augmented humans as a slave class, the Central Allied Worlds (CAW) disintegrated.   The period of darkness and barbarism that followed is referred to as the Downfall. Various groups of people fled the Central Allied Worlds (referred to by its descendants/survivors simply as "First Civ") as…
Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 6: Nova Vendetta Part 2: The Truce 3d cover 2024 final
Posted inScience Fiction and Time Travel Books

Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 6: Nova Vendetta Part 2: The Truce by Michelle Levigne

Before the Commonwealth existed, there was an expanding, multi-galaxy civilization. Due to the combined effects of a too-aggressive policy of expansion, civil unrest, the inequality and abuse of the classes, and the categorizing of augmented humans as a slave class, the Central Allied Worlds (CAW) disintegrated.   The period of darkness and barbarism that followed is referred to as the Downfall. Various groups of people fled the Central Allied Worlds (referred to by its descendants/survivors simply as "First Civ") as…
Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 5: Nova Vendetta Part 1: The Injustice 3d cover 2024 final
Posted inScience Fiction and Time Travel Books

Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 5: Nova Vendetta Part 1: The Injustice by Michelle Levigne

Before the Commonwealth existed, there was an expanding, multi-galaxy civilization. Due to the combined effects of a too-aggressive policy of expansion, civil unrest, the inequality and abuse of the classes, and the categorizing of augmented humans as a slave class, the Central Allied Worlds (CAW) disintegrated.   The period of darkness and barbarism that followed is referred to as the Downfall. Various groups of people fled the Central Allied Worlds (referred to by its descendants/survivors simply as "First Civ") as…
Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 3: Slipping the Weave 3d cover 2024 final
Posted inScience Fiction and Time Travel Books

Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 3: Slipping the Weave by Michelle Levigne

Before the Commonwealth existed, there was an expanding, multi-galaxy civilization. Due to the combined effects of a too-aggressive policy of expansion, civil unrest, the inequality and abuse of the classes, and the categorizing of augmented humans as a slave class, the Central Allied Worlds (CAW) disintegrated.   The period of darkness and barbarism that followed is referred to as the Downfall. Various groups of people fled the Central Allied Worlds (referred to by its descendants/survivors simply as "First Civ") as…
Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 2: Norbra's Children 3d cover 2024 final
Posted inScience Fiction and Time Travel Books

Commonwealth Universe, Age 1, Volume 2: Norbra’s Children by Michelle Levigne

Before the Commonwealth existed, there was an expanding, multi-galaxy civilization. Due to the combined effects of a too-aggressive policy of expansion, civil unrest, the inequality and abuse of the classes, and the categorizing of augmented humans as a slave class, the Central Allied Worlds (CAW) disintegrated.   The period of darkness and barbarism that followed is referred to as the Downfall. Various groups of people fled the Central Allied Worlds (referred to by its descendants/survivors simply as "First Civ") as…
The Gauntlet 3d cover 2025
Posted inMystery/Thrillers/Suspense Books

The Gauntlet by Michael A. Hobren

        "Employers may not discriminate against job applicants on the basis of race, religion, national origin, physical disability, age, sexual orientation, or behavioral genetic predisposition."   — Federal EEOC regulation, sometime in the near future Chapter 1 Planting the Seed   Russell Williams raced down Daytona Beach's main strip, Highway A1A, with all the windows down, doing about 85 mph. The wind on his face, cooled by the ocean breeze, felt good. Williams loved cruising the strip…
Fall of the House of Ramesses Series by Max Overton
Posted inHistorical Books Series Books

Fall of the House of Ramesses Series by Max Overton

Egypt was at the height of its powers in the days of Ramesses the Great, a young king who confidently predicted his House would last for a Thousand Years. Sixty years later, he was still on the throne. One by one, his heirs had died and the survivors had become old men. When Ramesses at last died, he left a stagnant kingdom and his throne to an old man--Merenptah. What followed laid the groundwork for a nation ripped apart by…
Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 3: Tausret by Max Overton 3d cover
Posted inHistorical Books

Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 3: Tausret by Max Overton

Egypt was at the height of its powers in the days of Ramesses the Great, a young king who confidently predicted his House would last for a Thousand Years. Sixty years later, he was still on the throne. One by one, his heirs had died and the survivors had become old men. When Ramesses at last died, he left a stagnant kingdom and his throne to an old man--Merenptah. What followed laid the groundwork for a nation ripped apart by…
Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 2: Seti 3d cover
Posted inHistorical Books

Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 2: Seti, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

Egypt was at the height of its powers in the days of Ramesses the Great, a young king who confidently predicted his House would last for a Thousand Years. Sixty years later, he was still on the throne. One by one, his heirs had died and the survivors had become old men. When Ramesses at last died, he left a stagnant kingdom and his throne to an old man--Merenptah. What followed laid the groundwork for a nation ripped apart by…
Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 1: Merenptah 3d cover
Posted inHistorical Books

Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 1: Merenptah, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

Egypt was at the height of its powers in the days of Ramesses the Great, a young king who confidently predicted his House would last for a Thousand Years. Sixty years later, he was still on the throne. One by one, his heirs had died and the survivors had become old men. When Ramesses at last died, he left a stagnant kingdom and his throne to an old man--Merenptah. What followed laid the groundwork for a nation ripped apart by…
Strong is the Ma'at of Re, Book 3: The One of Taweret 3d cover
Posted inHistorical Books

Strong is the Ma’at of Re, Book 3: The One of Taweret, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

In Ancient Egypt, C1200 BCE, bitter contention and resentment, secret coups and assassination attempts may decide the fate of those who would become legends...by any means necessary.   The reign of Ramesses III is failing and even the gods seem to be turning their eyes away from Egypt. When the sun hides its face, crops suffer, throwing the country into famine. Tomb workers go on strike. To avert further disaster, Crown Prince Ramesses acts on his father's behalf. The rivalry…
Strong is the Ma'at of Re, Book 2: The Heirs 3d covers
Posted inHistorical Books

Strong is the Ma’at of Re, Book 2: The Heirs, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

In Ancient Egypt, C1200 BCE, bitter contention and resentment, secret coups and assassination attempts may decide the fate of those who would become legends...by any means necessary. Tiye, the first wife of Ramesses III, has grown so used to being the mother of the Heir she can no longer bear to see that prized title pass to the son of a rival wife. Her eldest sons have died and the one left wants to step down and devote his life…
Strong is the Ma'at of Re, Book 1: The King 3d cover
Posted inHistorical Books

Strong is the Ma’at of Re, Book 1: The King, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

In Ancient Egypt, C1200 BCE, bitter contention and resentment, secret coups and assassination attempts may decide the fate of those who would become legends...by any means necessary.   That he is descended from Ramesses the Great fills Ramesses III with obscene pride. Elevated to the throne following a coup led by his father Setnakhte during the troubled days of Queen Tausret, Ramesses III sets about creating an Egypt that reflects the glory days of Ramesses the Great. He takes on…
The Amarnan Kings, Book 6: Scarab-Descendant 2 covers
Posted inHistorical Books

The Amarnan Kings, Book 6: Scarab-Descendant by Max Overton

Set in Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E. and piecing together a mosaic of the reigns of the five Amarnan kings, threaded through by the memories of princess Beketaten-Scarab, a tapestry unfolds of the royal figures lost in the mists of antiquity.   Three thousand years after the reigns of the Amarnan Kings, the archaeologists who discovered the inscriptions in Syria journey to Egypt to find the tomb of Smenkhkare and his sister Scarab and the fabulous treasure they believe…
The Amarnan Kings, Book 5: Scarab-Horemheb 2 covers
Posted inHistorical Books

The Amarnan Kings, Book 5: Scarab-Horemheb by Max Overton

Set in Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E. and piecing together a mosaic of the reigns of the five Amarnan kings, threaded through by the memories of princess Beketaten-Scarab, a tapestry unfolds of the royal figures lost in the mists of antiquity.   General Horemheb has taken control after the death of Ay and Nakhtmin. Forcing Scarab to marry him, he ascends the throne of Egypt. The Two Kingdoms settle into an uneasy peace as Horemheb proceeds to stamp out…
The Amarnan Kings, Book 4: Scarab-Ay 2 covers
Posted inHistorical Books

The Amarnan Kings, Book 4: Scarab-Ay by Max Overton

Set in Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E. and piecing together a mosaic of the reigns of the five Amarnan kings, threaded through by the memories of princess Beketaten-Scarab, a tapestry unfolds of the royal figures lost in the mists of antiquity.   Tutankhamen is dead and his grieving widow tries to rule alone, but her grandfather Ay has not destroyed the former kings just so he can be pushed aside. Presenting the Queen and General Horemheb with a fait…
The Amarnan Kings, Book 3: Scarab-Tutankhamen 2 covers
Posted inHistorical Books

The Amarnan Kings, Book 3: Scarab-Tutankhamen by Max Overton

Set in Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E. and piecing together a mosaic of the reigns of the five Amarnan kings, threaded through by the memories of princess Beketaten-Scarab, a tapestry unfolds of the royal figures lost in the mists of antiquity.   Scarab and her brother Smenkhkare are in exile in Nubia but are gathering an army to wrest control of Egypt from the boy king Tutankhamen and his controlling uncle, Ay. Meanwhile, the kingdoms are beset by internal…
The Amarnan Kings, Book 2: Scarab-Smenkhkare 2 covers
Posted inHistorical Books

The Amarnan Kings, Book 2: Scarab-Smenkhkare by Max Overton

Set in Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E. and piecing together a mosaic of the reigns of the five Amarnan kings, threaded through by the memories of princess Beketaten-Scarab, a tapestry unfolds of the royal figures lost in the mists of antiquity.   King Akhenaten, distraught at the rebellion and exile of his beloved wife Nefertiti, withdraws from public life, content to leave the affairs of Egypt in the hands of his younger half-brother Smenkhkare. When Smenkhkare disappears on a…
The Amarnan Kings, Book 1: Scarab-Akhenaten 2 covers
Posted inHistorical Books

The Amarnan Kings, Book 1: Scarab-Akhenaten by Max Overton

Set in Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E. and piecing together a mosaic of the reigns of the five Amarnan kings, threaded through by the memories of princess Beketaten-Scarab, a tapestry unfolds of the royal figures lost in the mists of antiquity.   A chance discovery in Syria reveals answers to the mystery of the ancient Egyptian sun-king, the heretic Akhenaten and his beautiful wife Nefertiti. Inscriptions in the tomb of his sister Beketaten, otherwise known as Scarab, tell a…