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Rome to the Stars
(2026)(The first book in the Pax Astra series)
A novel by Melissa Olthoff and S M Stirling
S.M. Stirling continues the new timeline where Rome never fell into ruin and, indeed, is reaching for the stars!
Rome Never Fell. It united the human race . . .
. . . courtesy of time travellers from the 21st century, just before a nuclear war doomed civilization and possibly the human race itself.
Or the Roman Empire thought it had united the human race.
But when interstellar travel began . . . Rome found that the stars were inhabited.
By aliens, and by humans transplanted by an alien empire long ago, tens of thousands of years ago. That empire had fallen, leaving Rome to unite the planets of other stars. But the ruins of that empire contained technology more advanced than the Roman Empire possessed, and warlords who used it without understanding it.
Eventually, a warlord coalition decided to challenge Rome. A surprise attack seized a few border worlds and hoped to smash down the newcomer’s budding empire.
But Rome is infinitely patient, infinitely determined. The Roman space navy and the Roman legions will rally and launch a counterattack, led by Aquila Amphion. The Roman space navy will deliver legions to two worlds the warlords have attacked, and keep the supply lines open as best they can. Rome’s history is of victory, and they do not doubt it will continue . . . whatever the warlords’ advantages. Raw courage and discipline oppose piratical bravado. Which will prevail?
At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
S.M. Stirling is the New York Times best-sellingauthor of the Draka series, the Lords of Creation series, and the Emberverse series, among others. With David Drake, he is the author of several novels in the General series. He cowrote novels in the Falkenberg’s Legion series with Jerry Pournelle. A former lawyer and amateur historian, he lives in New Mexico, where he haunts a certain café and continues his latest series, Make the Darkness Light.
Melissa Olthoff is a science fiction and fantasy author who delights in sneaking in romance wherever she can. She is a lifelong geek and a veteran of the United States Air Force, both of which are incredibly useful when writing. Her degrees in meteorology and accounting are slightly less applicable to writing but absolutely useful when it comes to supporting her family. In 2023, she took second place in the annual Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Contest with her story ‘Fall from Grace’ and won the Imadjinn Award Best Short Story in 2023 and 2024. She is published by Baen, Chris Kennedy Publishing, Hit World Press, and Three Ravens Publishing, and is best known for her first novel of the Griffin Corps, Rise from Ruin, and novels in the Four Horsemen Universe, the Blood & Armor Series, the Salvage Title Universe, and Hit World Valkyries, as well as numerous short stories.
Genre: Science Fiction
Rome Never Fell. It united the human race . . .
. . . courtesy of time travellers from the 21st century, just before a nuclear war doomed civilization and possibly the human race itself.
Or the Roman Empire thought it had united the human race.
But when interstellar travel began . . . Rome found that the stars were inhabited.
By aliens, and by humans transplanted by an alien empire long ago, tens of thousands of years ago. That empire had fallen, leaving Rome to unite the planets of other stars. But the ruins of that empire contained technology more advanced than the Roman Empire possessed, and warlords who used it without understanding it.
Eventually, a warlord coalition decided to challenge Rome. A surprise attack seized a few border worlds and hoped to smash down the newcomer’s budding empire.
But Rome is infinitely patient, infinitely determined. The Roman space navy and the Roman legions will rally and launch a counterattack, led by Aquila Amphion. The Roman space navy will deliver legions to two worlds the warlords have attacked, and keep the supply lines open as best they can. Rome’s history is of victory, and they do not doubt it will continue . . . whatever the warlords’ advantages. Raw courage and discipline oppose piratical bravado. Which will prevail?
At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
S.M. Stirling is the New York Times best-sellingauthor of the Draka series, the Lords of Creation series, and the Emberverse series, among others. With David Drake, he is the author of several novels in the General series. He cowrote novels in the Falkenberg’s Legion series with Jerry Pournelle. A former lawyer and amateur historian, he lives in New Mexico, where he haunts a certain café and continues his latest series, Make the Darkness Light.
Melissa Olthoff is a science fiction and fantasy author who delights in sneaking in romance wherever she can. She is a lifelong geek and a veteran of the United States Air Force, both of which are incredibly useful when writing. Her degrees in meteorology and accounting are slightly less applicable to writing but absolutely useful when it comes to supporting her family. In 2023, she took second place in the annual Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Contest with her story ‘Fall from Grace’ and won the Imadjinn Award Best Short Story in 2023 and 2024. She is published by Baen, Chris Kennedy Publishing, Hit World Press, and Three Ravens Publishing, and is best known for her first novel of the Griffin Corps, Rise from Ruin, and novels in the Four Horsemen Universe, the Blood & Armor Series, the Salvage Title Universe, and Hit World Valkyries, as well as numerous short stories.
Genre: Science Fiction
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