William Kelso

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  • Bibliography:
    25 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2011
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Guardian of Empire

1 - Rome Divided (Jul-2023)

Soldier of the Republic

1 - In Defence of the Walls of Rome (Nov-2018)
2 - Carthage Must Be Destroyed (Apr-2019)
3 - Rome's Spy (Aug-2019)
4 - Rome's Darkest Hour (Feb-2020)
5 - The Republic at War (Jun-2020)
6 - Rome's Assassin (Nov-2020)
7 - The Turn of the Tide (Mar-2021)
8 - Legate of Rome (Jul-2021)
9 - Mercenary of Carthage (Feb-2022)
10 - The Metaurus Campaign (Jun-2022)
11 - The Conquest of Spain (Nov-2022)

Veteran of Rome

1 - Caledonia (Jan-2015)
2 - Hibernia (Jan-2015)
3 - Britannia (Aug-2015)
4 - Hyperborea (May-2016)
5 - Germania (Nov-2016)
6 - The Dacian War (Apr-2017)
7 - Armenia Capta (Aug-2017)
8 - Rome and the Conquest of Mesopotamia (Jan-2018)
9 - Veterans of Rome (Jun-2018)

Book List in Order: 25 titles

  • The Shield of Rome

    216 BC. The two great super powers of the ancient world, Rome and Carthage are engaged in a life and death struggle to control the known world. Hannibal, the legendary Carthaginian general leads his army across the Alps into Italy and inflicts three ...

  • The Fortune of Carthage

    Spring 207 BC. Rome and Carthage have been at war for eleven years. Rome has endured the unendurable but as the pulse of the nation beats low, a new call arises that fills every Roman heart with foreboding. An old peril is approaching swiftly from th...

  • The House of Mus

    Spring 298 BC. Rome is still a small, unsophisticated and upcoming nation of primitive farmers and citizens struggling to survive in central Italy. Bitter and deadly enemies surround the youthful republic. It is the period of true Roman greatness, an...

  • Caledonia

    Veteran of Rome - 1

    Autumn 83 AD. At the battle of Mons Graupius the Roman army led by Governor Agricola destroys the Caledonian confederation that has formed to oppose the Roman invasion. In the aftermath of the battle a Caledonian boy reveals a secret that has the pot...

  • Hibernia

    Veteran of Rome - 2

    Spring AD 86. All is not well in the Roman province of Britannia. Fierce and swift moving Hibernian pirates and slavers are harassing the western coasts of the island province and within the upper echelons of the Roman military and civilian establish...

  • Britannia

    Veteran of Rome - 3

    89 AD. On the island province of Britannia, Rome is strengthening its grip on the populous and fertile south, but in the mountainous-north rebellion, is brewing amongst the restless and unhappy tribes. Led by their druids and a high king claiming a p...

  • Hyperborea

    Veteran of Rome - 4

    Winter AD 103. Marcus, veteran of twenty three years service in the 2nd Batavian Auxiliary Cohort, finally returns home to Britannia from serving with his unit on the Dacian frontier, to find that much has changed on his family farm. Fourteen years h...

  • Germania

    Veteran of Rome - 5

    Summer 105 AD. There has been no news from Marcus for over a year. On the Isle of Vectis, Marcus’s family are beginning to despair that he will ever return from his epic sea voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. At the Legionary Fortress of Deva Victri...

  • The Dacian War

    Veteran of Rome - 6

    Early autumn 105 AD. As the clouds of war gather on the Danube frontier, Marcus, retired veteran of the 2nd Batavian auxiliary cohort faces a renewed and catastrophic threat to his family and his farm on the isle of Vectis. Powerful, vengeful forces ...



  • Armenia Capta

    Veteran of Rome - 7

    July 113 AD. Seven peaceful years have passed since the successful conclusion of emperor Trajan’s Dacian war. Marcus, now a Roman senator and loyal if lukewarm supporter of the powerful senatorial faction committed to world conquest, finds meaning ...

  • Rome and the Conquest of Mesopotamia

    Veteran of Rome - 8

    Spring 115 AD. On Rome’s Parthian frontier the war rages on between Emperor Trajan’s legions and the ineffective, distracted Parthian forces. In the city of Rome, Marcus, father, senator, ex-soldier and veteran of Rome has become a government pol...

  • Veterans of Rome

    Veteran of Rome - 9

    Winter AD 103. Marcus, veteran of twenty three years service in the 2nd Batavian Auxiliary Cohort, finally returns home to Britannia from serving with his unit on the Dacian frontier, to find that much has changed on his family farm. Fourteen years h...

  • In Defence of the Walls of Rome

    Soldier of the Republic - 1

    On Rome’s northern frontier amongst the fierce and hostile Gallic tribes, Flavius, father, Roman patriot and veteran of Telamon will do anything to protect his wife and children from the savage war that is soon to come to the heart of Italy. In Car...

  • Carthage Must Be Destroyed

    Soldier of the Republic - 2

    Winter 218/17 BCE. Hannibal has crossed the Alps and is ravaging the Roman colonies in Cis-Alpine Gaul. The Gallic Boii and Insubres, hostile to Rome, have risen in rebellion, joining Carthage and threatening the tenuous Roman grip on the Po valley.A...

  • Rome's Spy

    Soldier of the Republic - 3

    Summer 217 BCE. As Hannibal advances into central Italy after his great victory at Lake Trasimene, Rome stands bloodied, shocked but unbowed. Rallying the Republic, a defiant senate appoints Quintus Fabius Maximus as dictator and tasks him with putti...

  • Rome's Darkest Hour

    Soldier of the Republic - 4

    Summer 216 BCE. As Rome fights for her very existence, struggling to find an answer to Hannibal’s genius on the battlefield - Flavius, father, patriot and Roman spymaster is sent south on a mission to stop Punic spies from infiltrating the town...

  • The Republic at War

    Soldier of the Republic - 5

    215 BCE. The 2nd Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage has entered its fourth year. Gisgo, bankrupt prince of Numidia and veteran of Hannibal’s campaign in Italy, embarks on the greatest journey of his life; a sea voyage to the edge...

  • Rome's Assassin

    Soldier of the Republic - 6

    214 BCE. The war between Rome and Carthage has reached a stalemate. Rampaging through southern Italy, Hannibal rides high after his stunning battlefield successes. But in Spain the Romans, under the able leadership of the brothers Gnaeus and Publius ...

  • The Turn of the Tide

    Soldier of the Republic - 7

    211 BCE. For seven long years’ war has raged between Rome and Carthage, devastating much of the western Mediterranean. Poised for victory in Spain, the indomitable Scipio brothers prepare to turn the tide, while in Italy Hannibal marches to the...



  • Legate of Rome

    Soldier of the Republic - 8

    Late summer 211 BCE. Trouble is brewing for the Republic as a new front threatens to open up in the long and bitter war between Rome and Carthage for dominance of the world. As a newly minted legate of Rome working for the Senate and his patron, the ...

  • Mercenary of Carthage

    Soldier of the Republic - 9

    209 BCE. In Iberia the Roman legions are once again on the march, threatening the very heart of Carthaginian Spain under their youthful but untried commander in chief Publius Cornelius Scipio.Forced onto the back foot, staring at defeat, the imperial...

  • The Metaurus Campaign

    Soldier of the Republic - 10

    Spring 207 BCE. For eleven years war has raged between Carthage and Rome. A fight for the right to dominate the world. A struggle for survival. In the south of Italy Hannibal still occupies much territory. His continued presence a major threat to the...

  • The Conquest of Spain

    Soldier of the Republic - 11

    206 BCE. The 2nd Punic War has entered its twelfth year. In Spain the final contest for supremacy between Rome and Carthage is about to unfold as each side gears up for the decisive battle. Pushing west towards the last Punic strongholds Publius Corn...

  • Rome Divided

    Guardian of Empire - 1

    260 AD. Along the Euphrates on Rome’s eastern frontier catastrophe has struck. The empire is in crisis like never before. The Roman world teetering on the brink of collapse. Divided and weakened by usurpers, religious conflict, plague, inflatio...

  • The West Breaks Away

    Three brothers. Three fates. One terrible secret.Spring 261 AD. Following the capture of emperor Valerian at Edessa in Syria, crisis grips the Roman empire. Usurpers compete for the imperial throne. Barbarians are massing on the frontiers while plagu...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William Kelso has published 25 books.

William Kelso does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The West Breaks Away, was published in February 2024.

The first book by William Kelso, The Shield of Rome, was published in November 2011.

Yes. William Kelso has 3 series.
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