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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2007
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Full Series List in Order

An Aelius Spartianus Mystery

1 - The Water Thief (Feb-2007)
2 - The Fire Waker (Apr-2008)

Captain Martin Bora

1 - Lumen (Apr-2011)
2 - Liar Moon (Mar-2012)
3 - A Dark Song of Blood (Apr-2014)

Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • Summer, 304 AD. Aelius Spartianus, historian and envoy, is researching the nearly two hundred year-old unsolved drowning of Emperor Hadrians male favorite, Antinous. Soon he finds himself embroiled in murder and mystery involving a lost letter by Had...



  • In the winter of 304 c.e., the Roman Empire is divided by Emperor Diocletian into four separate parts. Individual power struggles and manipulations make the once-stable empire a breeding ground for corruption. In the midst of this, Aelius Spartianus,...



  • "Pastor's plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection." -- Publishers Weekly"A mystery, it rivets the reader until the end and beyond, with its twist of historical realities. A historical piece, it faithf...



  • Praise for Ben Pastor's Lumen:“Pastor’s plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection.” -- Publishers Weekly"Rivets the reader with its twist of historical realities. A historical piece, it faithfully...



  • Praise for the Martin Bora series:"The tone of Liar Moon has a flu-like grimness, appropriate the 1943 setting. Pastor is excellent at providing details (silk stockings, movie magazines, cigarettes) that light up the setting." -- Booklist"Lumen's plo...



  • FOURTH IN THE MARTIN BORA SERIES.SPELLBINDING MULTI-LAYERED CRIME NOVEL SET IN UKRAINE AS THE GERMANS REGROUP AFTER THE DISASTER OF STALINGRAD.FOR FANS OF PHILLIP KERR (BERNIE GUNTHER SERIES), ALAN FURST (SPIES OF THE BALKANS).THE HERO, MAJOR MARTIN ...



  • Wehmacht officer Bora is sent to recently occupied Crete and must investigate the brutal murder of a Red Cross representative befriended by Himmler. All the clues lead to a platoon of trigger-happy German paratroopers but is this the truth? Bora take...



  • Spain, summer 1937. The civil war between Spanish nationalists and republicans rages. On the bloody sierras of Aragon, among Generalissimo Franco’s volunteers is Martin Bora, the twenty-something German officer and detective whose future adventures...



  • Bora is ordered to investigate the murder of Walter Niemeyer, a dazzling clairvoyant, a star since the days of the Weimar Republic. For years he has mystified Germany with his astounding prophecies. Bora’s inquiry, supported by former S.A member Fl...






  • October 1944, in the Republic of Salò, a German puppet state in the north of Italy and the last fascist stronghold in the country. Transferred to the town of Salò on Lake Garda, Wehrmacht colonel Martin Bora must investigate the theft of a ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ben Pastor has published 10 books.

The next book by Ben Pastor, The Venus of Sal, will be published in July 2024.

The first book by Ben Pastor, The Water Thief, was published in February 2007.

Yes. Ben Pastor has 2 series.