Targa thought herself forever blessed with exile, but when her sainted mother summons her back, she dares not disobey. Saint Dominia has ambitions of rule Astrea itself, if not through cunning, through threats and violence. This has been the work of her entire lifetime. All Targa needs to do is marry the First Minister. Mother has a well negotiated marriage ready to be signed, and it’s a very good contract. Her other job will be killing whoever Mother orders, because Targa’s sword is The Wind Before the Storm, a blade even capable of killing the deathless saints. It is her arm that will give her Mother’s threats credibility. In her former life, this task would have been easy, but Targa has reformed, choosing the path of the hero, so backing a bloody dictator is not compatible with her morals. Her two sworn and unbreakable duties lie in opposition, one to the gods and one to her mother.

Newly recruited Eighth Legion tiros must embrace the life; a world of brutal training, merciless discipline and of pitiless Centurios. If young Gaius Crastinus and his comrades hope to survive ambush and death securing trade routes of the Province from Lusitanii hoards routinely crossing the border to raid and pillage; they must first endure their apprenticeship, the Rudimentum Militare. When disgruntled Senator Catiline arms a desperate army of ruthless, landless veterans and escaped slaves to terrorize Rome, the Eighth must act. Can these untried and outnumbered Legios survive hundreds of miles of grueling desert, deadly midwinter seas while mutinous internal factions threaten the Legion from within still emerge victorious?

The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses contains one of the most comprehensive listings and descriptions of Egyptian deities. Now in its second edition, it provides: a new introduction updated entries and four new entries on deities names of the deities as Hieroglyphs a survey of gods and goddesses as they appear in classical literature an expanded chronology and updated bibliography, together with a list of relevant websites drawings of the gods and emblems of each district a map of ancient Egypt and a time chart Presenting a vivid picture of the complexity and richness of imagery in Egyptian mythology, students studying Ancient Egypt, travelers, visitors to museums and all those interested in mythology will find this an invaluable resource.

Originally published in German in 1923, this work records much of Vanuatu's early material culture. It is the result of two years of field work by Swiss anthropologist Felix Speiser between 1910 and 1912. Speiser attempted to collect everything that could still be obtained of the objects constituting Vanuatu's native culture. Ethnology of Vanuatu presents culturally and historically significant photographs and drawings by Speiser assembled during the expedition, along with color photos taken in the Basel Museum, which, taken together, represent the Speiser collection. Through the use of Speiser's collection of cultural photographs and illustrations, it has been possible to revive certain art forms thought to have already vanished.