Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Caesar Ascending-Pandya
Caesar Ascending-Pandya
Caesar Ascending-Pandya
Ebook807 pages15 hours

Caesar Ascending-Pandya

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

4.5/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Caesar Ascending-Pandya, the fourth volume of the bestselling alternate history Caesar Ascending series, continues the story of a world where Caesar has survived the Ides of March, conducted the invasion and conquest of Parthia, and is now determined to surpass the accomplishments of Alexander the Great by conquering the vast expanse of India all the way to the Ganges, something that the men of his Legions have finally recognized, driving them to revolt.
Consequently, before he can resume his campaign, he must appease his rebelling Legions in the Greco-Indian city of Bharuch, but not only that, he now must quell an uprising fomented by one of his own Legates, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, in far-off Merv, the most remote city in the new Roman province of Parthia Superior. To do this, he departs the newly conquered city to return to Parthia, taking most of the fleet with him and effectively stranding the men of his army in India.
In Caesar’s absence, Primus Pilus Titus Pullus of Caesar's famed 10th Legion, and the other Centurions of Caesar's army stranded in Bharuch must both maintain discipline and keep their disgruntled men from taking out their frustrations on the civilian populace. It falls on Pullus' shoulders to be the Roman liaison to Bharuch’s Queen Hyppolita, and over time, Roman Centurion and foreign Queen form an unlikely bond. Her husband, King Abhiraka, humiliated and vengeful because he was forced to flee from Bharuch to avoid capture, has prevailed on the most powerful domain to the south, Pandya, to provide him with an even larger army to retake his kingdom, and they are marching back north to the city.
Caesar returns from Parthia before their arrival, but only after tragedy has already struck his army in India, thereby spurring him to make a huge gamble, one in which, just as when he crossed the Rubicon, he risks all. Through it all, there are other trials; the Legions of Rome are encountering a harsh and foreign environment, filled with all manner of strange animals and challenges that will test Caesar and his Legions as they move out of the sphere of Greek influence into the southern part of this vast land and the nascent Pandyan Kingdom, the next obstacle in his path to everlasting fame.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherR.W. Peake
Release dateSep 3, 2019
ISBN9781941226346
Caesar Ascending-Pandya
Author

R.W. Peake

I am a 63 year old retired Infantry Marine, born and raised in Texas and currently living on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. I have been writing since my first novel, written at the age of 10, when my friends and yours truly fought off the Soviet hordes, who just happened to pick my block to launch their invasion. That was their big mistake.But like a lot of dreams, it got sidetracked until recently, when I decided to focus my passion on an era and subject that interested me a great deal. Like my characters in Ancient Rome, I have served as the pointy tip of the spear of our nation's policy, and it is with this perspective that I tell the story of Titus Pullus and his friends.Marching With Caesar-Birth of the 10th Legion was my first published novel, and is the first in a completed series that covers the career of Titus Pullus, his adopted son Gaius Porcinianus Pullus, grandson Titus Porcinianus Pullus, and his great-grandson Gnaeus Volusenianus Pullus. The most recent release is Volume XIX, Marching With Caesar-Catualda the Usurper.I also have a completed alternate history series, Caesar Ascending, that imagines a world in which Gaius Julius Caesar survives the Ides of March, embarks on his historical campaign against Parthian...then keeps going. Originally it's a bid to outstrip the Macedonian King Alexander by reaching the Ganges River, but evolves into a decade-long campaign that finds Caesar and his Legions marching to the end of the known world in the form of the mysterious Islands of Wa, modern-day Japan.Finally, in 2020, I began The Titus Chronicles, with Volume I titled Eagle and Wyvern, which tells the story of a descendant of Titus Pullus, (though he's unaware of any connection), named Titus of Cyssanbyrig, who at the age of fourteen answers the fyrd sounded by the Saxon King Alfred, marching with Alfred and his army to confront the Danish King Guthrum, culminating at the Battle of Edington. Blessed with the same prodigious size and strength as his ancestor, young Titus learns he is the recipient of a darker gift, and in his first battle earns the nickname The Berserker.The Titus Chronicles mark the first of an extended genealogy of the original Titus that will extend across the ages as the story of a line of men who have been born and bred for war, and are witnesses to some of the great historical events of the ages.

Read more from R.W. Peake

Related to Caesar Ascending-Pandya

Related ebooks

Alternative History For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Caesar Ascending-Pandya

Rating: 4.666666666666667 out of 5 stars
4.5/5

3 ratings1 review

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Another excellent read from Peake. Hope he continues to produce more books on Pullus.

Book preview

Caesar Ascending-Pandya - R.W. Peake

Hkcbook_preview_excerpt.html}ٲ#Ǒ寤6cZ[KMeEfQ*c7 rQØae~@f2П/?#"q/h $"#<|9~/~4CCؼvoSh|*x_kۻ|H f˿t|cmwi f>?m+8S%N3IXq7b8xN?HoNQMCNUNd^6ckG_SisFLv,o÷w0S(4ȯ/}+:渜eNxӄ'ʻNnڌxPl[Otz>w',󣬷d7e:Yt~9ݹ B~[zq85 rd PmFwLGZrwwwzPKDyE͗KɅ)ɂ{QåMQjXY,J^hA|Y^ y=B!OEHbכ}/ +i~;^4&!Q܏"?׸iaxh(+/dsIfHE906E%нEcDG^9;Yj IKzmpx1ed#;vM3uil5" ww8N}s!jA(>nМ{'3bazy*Wxk&fNc''~^G~(6cE. }EƚưWm0 IvP@X/E1z^э˦M.6˞ϘeeHOϴmUo݋ɶ5˹9`!ɾ 17؎S"oLWh<ӳ rXQ*"i*C'q8}?rfst^goҖb2EUyipEEo8DX*Wgڈk4rOѫ3A{[#qOb%cGv;z"ӓ>m u7E>)kaor&| cl.5yW.(,.ǫ$ˁ_9}BMBVn/W 1B׸WW7:8sc9~Iv^pT,nzI'kz> Bl8v >Te~7LwK:A&[8_TiyʽʃOlN)؅0-:N=q&:mM¿U>Z aUQ_^xn7r0JܘpS'5O#H;&[/<]۫췲A|[ *S" hiD6*S$Ng13_R'NKvhx*'w S3|qxmyIEeŽ|P Y9V^\zӄt G8n?}E<ٔ_4.^fu&z'foR/?i> "@텥QL\Pt;nX >6Y}6":~cy.JFq8ߗ_Ԙo7<y+^3lc@<;9|XsjUз0mU}A|SvjO!Z0| 'H8=pY<]|/ya/"&*L) =U=7!꓿ԷK\G!<ʩD1tF!.`(B8mb!%[k+/@u_ Po~n($~@)g/:Cm4kۋO*?5j5A? )OKu-04r*R@EW /޺l쇯kdv]A>]~ XdA+ՓؘW &˜/A n旡yb7vK"T)|ptU x)XɂeOKߊK݀1ݦ N v]: ҌUQIZ ?^rbr[s8gn8?ڦVψk|` <,t4!ChUES`חay7LdI_®pv^C%TklZMtzA)"꧉ˌ8ȼA,z 3&JTil"XP<ǡs*lզZ'M}gL/zӼS.@U>L&rIM[t$5dht UE$G<=in;"1l~$co~!\*Q#c4rhs'ZZi246phEyc:vo1uq+ƧHU{ӼdK ˊHJ2ib ׻JX`|tbw<jPlԠ%)DڛQT1(JP3ev."Y&M־tDURD@+]đ=I4kPDliSUq{d(o8P.dovVjp#`_%F#q JGw;,[3qH'wfOuFn5eGEEp? lp*B&W7~)( "4Y{7=k!a@ѭ Es:߇Q xE_"ǍR޸OF(*K9΢>-Yp}1j0J_ٜjzI%5&n?{QYnL[z=Ƣ~&qqV~Ɉȓ0,*y 9VrgݙI@=vCf2cu;pyTݧp4'X^8Moh CnX/Oo$bSߊʜ9k( {hQ3K(Y A@D? ݸGQAoV>I,WzC@WY_z`P$N..(Cxts vi DT`S!@⃹C"/`E͊ Z893?gH,d_/1AoK@FvݐmU{U ^ɷ#{ySp?Fteni\p{|oU}_["@yt7;E:ҵ ^TX|X63m}§y8ǃ6CD*-FP0n&baMHSD)f*ԕS){Q/ @7Üt 's)v{:Ӊ"nMhO%{ny W<~/sAΘ~K;lI2ݭA&y YlޠS FU,(ƒ rB`4> kM^tA% ܰH/ A h9JFHu(ܪ/򵮓g_HDl!.Aw+ׯvɋgw/|w?ݯ~_|ڜ/_p2('t'pmԀF ͭKVu ?% U$+Bx=m羉_>pCELqi'SؘSγ9g^hDd}xkcԃflsB?F4S\힦6dF҇mF.M$'1 ]]y "4'_scWM ٴSK1M2z53p4B,uٍnJ/;ciKU)Ш/$ OKߚal5ZQavU Џ덪9{I43le>#Fp^ϝ}S[Go.SЉ'C_s Rg"òYf*Dmuѽ>,}v J:nts:"TɖECߋ7Tn嫪8T*{RM<򪞖S? F?5^AON#B/E4Dt V캺n92D Ua: ;$&NN1n.]le-n=\G M𒃛.F`z'UWkeP8U?Ũ$&hdo'{Sc{Aaך߂(ʨncj[=Y43.#_^Ŏ7]WqnK~+%eu;MmmT̔ie 7=OpFƚr)qah WʟMEThR$ukx0yϒ!u< Ln6 [RB%GURZFBž 3< 2&'jxڸS1Ex^_1:E ;1 \eN?G CGNdg2K(1$jOLI#F UNj q4Ȓ k(^l/ݾc_mkQ&|];C8Q8zt6ܷCK hN%dSApe=Si- 1 kFMSsfwq*=c&pW u};T$)6"uu@S*$fcy9DJ*Iޠj7gYhTuĨYI~T7Q|'QWN.k +j=RP)m{,SHs9o&# @`"g5N iIR5-G͟v-,4n "<~9s@]ylajUL( =)<32o͓F4lPO @hOsBq@\;Hg.* x>WbG]/[#E` !ŕS5%sd9\]-s y@T!(4h)s񜅒Me>-`UhPH J+#MJ +:vZwb?vg⓭sƫI=鬑M;& <@Bc0#J̠{ƕ$czMG_3Es^|Olڅ_UZKjG27Z pE*5[m{^L/;\u3/u=,40d.141~+EtFOoMYM Pq{uk(j(b"WqGͲo&UzS{x=%?qe=MQqK~S Lҿ0E97VO8<卸zp99Ldz@u,c3<̊́]S}1k ]d\]5FISa(@KsZJ?#[}2`׸QCkGb.GavzJ.xۨJ.`h+D;5WY6a"0sTZ1FXZu2큝bk5[5г!3?kc*(+(,'*`W 4]1lc̢jRVF uhDHqV(lB3N;ArccvX9m۰an'%) AL J|$G˨mԵ96SK`w!RcPbBAwQ, IԉwPz8]@>L[M̫*Jӫ8sKӬ`#u4im9QQ0Th H.s*ETpax֠F~?-ozq!cZ v*BO!xqr=JHa O%~0h&u!l6 +f_M'[ 7 PacIyDd c0 tq_b>c4D6L/1Zg s5,8÷K&/Cd$u:DŽE镶!n>k7+E\Sj/ wQK(mvL7?+zZ+.sǤzeŅZKShL@śEwc**oǍM<뇙\"GRqfPqhJ0E]DpBlMd&t#nQ2V QGh3-Ӑ]hsuCibgLSXi `萐sfpecE#I+ÌOnh'݊ U `ռikS^LJ _hLÍh&=wn Z+^"7 ~hz)~V'&=h0g_/9~.6ͬd,,]Zvɘ\rU¥+GtYVOx<eMT.Q[`ڬKXcɊKUe%dPk"YRY.ڸi܌^vAL̾%&ci b5%G,ObQ L;-)ilJY}=»D~Ԇc_OOI,:I@MBK V܃nVw~Zf@{8êIѤ3hU8*xs!2Sc2w$N=[s?V*>5Aæ@ 4,LT*/RomT1= ܧhXF]bU0ZaDY6U4=zoFO:3JTx:z;FY]țݵ*ztr2Z>_ҫ!퉲wgύw4!!a1wFѮXF4k`f7 S($J׹1nLA1;#ƅW"?H*y;I=?Quw':ﮞpd]>m&f> NsV~ɫ^j֙adu WwfD\~Sݴ+n[ĭRɩqnڜ4Gv611Z>޲wm*4$@m?n8šܨŜjBt6<F<>usR6ێb1r r\JloDM0T~FN*ʍTsҤdlP-lj-Ɩ~ C6c:D2l mJVS = [7ӘbՑDo'Dų`+C)~cFڲlD[ڋm0vLE,S_3軬M/Fb8wY \ND^l%(LjQk .#hwЂo ȹ' C*.F%ilF\M }m쌆|pZ*Mי5.Q ũGCގ qtDLvxSpJq7&ٸ""-h+^$R"l%n542 kehhTe*V] }H*d) 9'gẵbmPlOڻq8DmT GPv։T.+GVr`ҏ3QsTUKOH^*:~bskVu ^9)ﮥ7QP/HD~)W0gp@ eKzTʲ,>PD8F+MdwPO\IW7:Q晢C:_l2h_i"y KKt'OT\ |ũ)"G}^&5mÁ DS0,=;xo*tZ)٩B O-/nbrGu> @ Hp/w[ȴnaL3'$Ip1t7җ$D{Yf+a0b.SiF-Jf: ݄Aj* )#N,zDg|-?Y+6C> sdLZ\WȲVIW({wkR-SAA Z5[Lly/wtih9oP䶊(-y -Hmpc *,8B'Cᇟ>J jr2uamZ XCi 7yT9DC 3ΞAVm謹7teMC ^ߚWD9cw.#=O.hFk-Q=Ӭ40UY#Z:YMQ, tdjjB,mLy=c hgX ,>bfxͱnܮrm&UnЧӓ1Cq\8%X$Pa]s5;Et~93L2̦gH/܀'?50f~D쪶WZX탎{>hP" V:r_}e'ͪWMć,]"A|ը`s+Ue2x[9nυMgչ,G3}5.HNgo͗Oz][,ʫtp],] nI.-<~-Ӳlu0]:xYy|- =GiR) ƶ% dXgg.Q|ٶc7eՂ5#ai =j\)?] 290ńck?@pPul#zCp <'4֠ERMڔq6 BVYۼp8z\L[s٣E\CX@ U24/9ʥgpֺ)2H6lB tRny$0^ׇ AWS:+& lV 9-媆@VnXrmQ%;BA'xANijf e]3tḤlʜw*~-nnۇQ6;6.Xo>ZKa.sj#i.OسhE ko19ﵷ'︲]ނVƾRoAJϱ/,i <^+`sTZ~ba'GdYALmJ[{]-:UMaf.x Ka:]Plr-DGgxdE8AT?Zg>dwnZvkK]mh]+DCyGHoI,Tj|׼)Q 1=^f-C,*ת-Ώ},K)nzRu[Z>s̸?~a^(ŕ,j6+(k3HMf+s٭}b e =r$ʯA}RMkݜL񲌏V2FJ/LIC1!|8w"Qɳ-́FWTUi Ԩe9- N Z!<\~ʷ?ϼevH,}cs"ǚΥ+ ͻ VSܢD,Y,D V \"%gˡXk(!͚Tyƕ[:m-ԙoCvpmWC@fOHuNE~OѪ:k~g)[~&zpu.t:qULk;6_uJbA2fȉ2$ikU1̟Pg~j^˛+VDCcħZ\m),AvxKc zjiW#{Ę~ny6I~?}Jٽ.g}܆qR⢶wr"DnؔC{*S|}d՜J0fE;iȾt/(3vD Tf <X3C_ m*$"j߮8_WJ;q^F9HN ֜„)GB;۹e Ц&)MuzN:ރU,N$yu7ޒ@AZC'fa'oZάj|OɘF޵%0z\)?{T\?w⾲Б13C-ˊfh8/iDplY;4 Tgtu8oZ6,YY)u,SZsC9GVOέ.ZMQujJk#U!xz_!߄ִz4_)7C*״"pJ@F(Œ)1~1d] JNI+HHu0}\R]w,B>*egAtDU$aۗ2;=i1ǴFq3!OvCHOr֣&N:+ʅv3|_suCBM! Ô8Ǣ@}7W{{L,-,RuGen6+WHY@+Bz~QCz %7S0&Ihvw#s7DV8"+i+N,p}) F_'u٣h, >Vv&,Ys)O\Ve֬Oֶ!^CX!o!tg G`4q턣 "2q=rn9br+yd?yKd*G%@q(UMd_ @gM i.PNE2S}QRחkTz,,xLJR }\Aǚz~Cqw@߈Kx0ofT>!I6ʖK:BL5U-4M5t:Gmd)!9[eku_R#Oef-t(g>a+,vފaEq=;agL|Bxy1uH3dvb!^[ؙuhz*quXoo* Un;3`0R*C 5 V FN Uñi,3L8*ZƓZ Euj1FPZ%9օ@R0`vvxdї?xǒ t>U1Hx8ZR%BL.ZQ#mX}u6?s~V$tҬ2iW8K BFȾgeu+65C(\pAoR;L:$KdK'w(YpƐyfq'u U4:K=u)QU+3f=R+[t&^g!aܖ*O1ZDƆF;/-K: j[jLub%ӱLt=O俼o7=q7CY|yzzɶ3P-MAł"Br??SVCw8Ŭ wn" #FUR`z3: =b&ep}fIU{C8Z[yXY ̓i%a^J ts IX30aj؃U L'WmܼF>1i8`(? 0$=/գ͜TW//-e%̒ Y ia-7 $A63bd/+}Uзx_[̕J6gK{(9T*L3Y>H9j˼44R\4r{GBvJ;2F˥5Qu+~j .$iHӥ;RusOf9W&kYR<^͒bBeE,D/رim-Ŵ*<_˜%MJ ~ QFvM'EA/UA6z֤x8C7м99T٣'1'rbxl7úGc?ltÏaRh^_EUEpH-DrG`4[7~(gȈ!Qwq vKj0^y"%'L$]:TU/@eW9~G&R0j 弱Pj]#@.3/x2{咊RG/PNGA̤>A4eyʢ|>^YK6|?e;?)JS9jpgVs[*Tai蠊1!2JҝWh &>X%bKm.:a^zeT )e2 ^7סO4kPdX8Ve-Ğ͆^}"RzJ <ߢ8r U` iK_#L{$*EvX]FT,7NQ~vG2iI]܃]BE|BX;I:Gx1l~0Sz^;_ԫo8agH1F/~Timn@4:T3v3gN6;"<*Ia$HƆ'B~@dÃ|f۝<(`0CT{;%Á:@!VJt`ڔC%xQ"`x|Ea$qG8}ryFBv@QxTIECv;хw,ӮS<^F5-cjGqXS]ڎO+O7AQZ4*Ig(zfvYRފQwF'~1 Grfriqju>򤒕ѧ'p{uC}U;21#Op ^;> 5~6y;23kMi'O{š~8$˅3 kqN7F|M;Ub䘴Re[sWy\(J N|>Ԁ`[Oȥ6n~ee0j'a P8!=Zw+Tݮ"uq b7* B+0ܗɦ榸hOÛ֬ ޑ&g!BR'a_WDGCq (rٝX^M3.2CxZb=#{ϠSGg6jHLZ24)`Ć]|:X]§ yX0۩b{*j bkȢ` ă3?!YeoGNr&j*)[?@8g)&ɕg% )]-'-@KÉOa\CJ'o3ڽ=5|tӜA2ǜbZ漭[ aW TDC2lTDz0WKx<*_BGO$dKW\r^KOi!]6bqyvUhlzArۀ^VUc4~+OɈ|[kCmpjS,sӹE0i4vqͳ.%eǽf ^pu5@RCq#wzR>hl!\$З)D:؜3̶F2^LTneNOPfL|UkXcǎW+rUL21JzU:pďz#=u4A방427k[FF,%OL+ox$zU -ù׆ffc{LӁ@M0y;yq%:5b8*-;MV=$ҡE,b;GB՚^i}:9y!8pLqVb47G >d}W_E93LU `a3UU~ř84iݘ&~f.'ʲӴ J G;h/Nu|gJOEc ZMTegmZ.5x__zztm제R)"kLӞ1 hi.1n`n1=pK\|?%¼_%CLEks6X\kRUm9#+K7#`Ux""W b'VD鬀jփ\I}qa[PvQDݽ5=Ɇ+4 wQcMs\YY֑pfUmI.P~*>wЦ #q ħ|i3mm3E"z*Jq"H"?59hT%Bal2mO&2g`9Cd>7vPf@o) { Qݝ O
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1