Nicolas Calva has Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and he has hidden the dangerous Jupiter Stone, but he still has to find a way to defeat The Mistress, a dragon who hates Rome, and save his mother and friends, and maybe even the Empire itself.

A prequel to A Falcon Flies traces the story of Augustus Mungo St John, who upon returning from university discovers his inheritance and childhood sweetheart under the control of scheming enemy, Chester Marion.

Moments after Lisbeth is born, she's taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, Mattie, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come. This deeply moving tale of unlikely love traces the journey of these very different women as each searches for freedom and dignity.