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The Last Caesar by Henry Venmore-Rowland, Aulus Caecina Severus #1 AD 68. The tyrant emperor Nero has no son and no heir. Suddenly there's the very real possibility that Rome might become a republic once more. But the ambitions of a few are about to bring corruption, chaos and untold bloodshed to the many. Among them is a hero of the campaign against Boudicca, Aulus Caecina Severus. Caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow Caesar's dynasty, he commits treason, raises a rebellion, faces torture and intrigue -- all supposedly for the good of Rome. The boundary between the good of Rome and self preservation is far from clear, and keeping to the dangerous path he's chosen requires all Severus' skills as a cunning soldier and increasingly deft politician. And so Severus looks back on the dark and dangerous time history knows as the Year of the Four Emperors, and the part he played -- for good or ill -- in plunging the mighty Roman empire into anarchy a...

Betrayal by Steven L. Kent, The Clone Rebellion #5 Earth, 2516 A.D. Humans populate the six arms of the Milky Way Galaxy. The oppressive Unified Authority controls Earth's colonies with a powerful military made up almost entirely of clones - until the alien Avatari seize control of all but two planets. After staging a final stand to defend New Copenhagen from the advancing alien enemy, Lieutenant Wayson Harris and his fellow clone survivors are sent to an isolated relocation camp. The military brass are looking for someone to blame for the decimation of the U.A. Republic, and who better than those who were born to be sacrificed? But lieutenant Harris is determined to fight back, with all the fire power he can muster...  Betrayal is the fifth book in the Clone Rebellion series by Steven L. Kent and marks the halfway point in the series. The Clone Rebellion is currently mapped out to run 10 books in total. For some of you it might not have escaped your notice that I am a h...