Gordon Doherty

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  • Bibliography:
    21 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2011
  • Latest Book:
    February 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Empires of Bronze

1 - Son of Ishtar (Jun-2019)
2 - Dawn of War (May-2020)
3 - Thunder at Kadesh (Sep-2020)
4 - The Crimson Throne (Apr-2021)
5 - The Shadow of Troy (Oct-2021)
6 - The Dark Earth (Jun-2022)

Legionary

1 - Legionary (Jun-2011)
2 - Viper of the North (Sep-2012)
3 - Land of the Sacred Fire (Nov-2013)
4 - The Scourge of Thracia (Feb-2015)
5 - Gods & Emperors (Nov-2015)
6 - Empire of Shades (May-2017)
7 - The Blood Road (Jun-2018)
8 - Dark Eagle (Jan-2020)

Strategos

1 - Born in the Borderlands (Dec-2011)
2 - Rise of the Golden Heart (Jun-2013)
3 - Island in the Storm (Jul-2014)

Multi-Author Series List

Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Official Novelization (Oct-2018)

Book List in Order: 21 titles

  • Legionary

    Legionary - 1

    The Roman Empire is crumbling, and a shadow looms in the east...376 AD: the Eastern Roman Empire is alone against the tide of barbarians swelling on her borders. Emperor Valens juggles the paltry border defences to stave off invasion from the Goths n...

  • Born in the Borderlands

    Strategos - 1

    'A great story ... Doherty’s writing is evocative, providing richly detailed scenes of life in medieval Byzantium' World History EncyclopediaTragedy broke him. Revenge will remake him.AD 1046. The Byzantine Empire teeters on the brink of full-blown...

  • Viper of the North

    Legionary - 2

    The Danubian frontier is weaker than ever, and a storm is gathering in the north . . . Deep winter, 376 AD: Emperor Valens has withdrawn the field armies from Moesia and Thracia to fight in the Persian War. The impoverished limitanei legions left beh...

  • Rise of the Golden Heart

    Strategos - 2

    Stay strong, Haga, for the Golden Heart will rise in the west. At dawn, he will wear the guise of a lion hunter. At noon, he will march to the east as if to conquer the sun itself. At dusk, you will stand with him in the final battle, like an island ...

  • Land of the Sacred Fire

    Legionary - 3

    The empire is on its knees, but a last hope lies beyond the eastern frontier . . .377 AD: Emperor Valens has stripped the Persian frontier of its legions, sending every available man to Thracia in an effort to contain the rampaging Gothic hordes. Now...

  • Island in the Storm

    Strategos - 3

    The storm is upon us, Haga. The answers you seek dance within its wrath . . .1071 AD. Emperor Romanus Diogenes has rekindled the guttering flame of Byzantium. Yet in the eastern borderlands, two vital strongholds hang in the balance. Manzikert and Ch...

  • The Scourge of Thracia

    Legionary - 4

    The legions are in tatters, and the Gothic hordes are gathering beyond the mountains . . .377 AD: Thracia’s legions are few and broken in the wake of the Battle of Ad Salices. But the scattered centuries and cohorts rally in an effort to blockade t...

  • Gods & Emperors

    Legionary - 5

    The fate of the East rests on the edge of a sword as the legions and the Goths march to war...378 AD: Fritigern's Gothic horde tightens its iron grip on Thracia and only a handful of well-walled cities to the south remain in imperial hands. The few t...

  • Empire of Shades

    Legionary - 6

    379 AD: Thracia has fallen to the Gothic horde…With the ashes of Adrianople still swirling in the air, the Eastern Roman Empire is in turmoil. The emperor is dead, the throne lies empty and the remaining fragments of the army are few and scattered....



  • The Blood Road

    Legionary - 7

    381 AD: The Gothic War draws to a brutal climax, and the victor's name will be written in blood...The great struggle between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Gothic Horde rumbles into its fifth year. It seems that there can be no end to the conflict,...

  • Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Official Novelization

    Assassin's Creed

    They call her misthios--mercenary--and she will take what she is owed. Kassandra was raised by her parents to be fierce and uncaring, the ideal Spartan child, destined for greatness. But when a terrible tragedy leaves her stranded on the isle of K...

  • Son of Ishtar

    Empires of Bronze - 1

    Four sons. One throne. A world on the precipice.1315 BC: Tensions soar between the great powers of the Late Bronze Age. The Hittites stand toe-to-toe with Egypt, Assyria and Mycenaean Ahhiyawa, and war seems inevitable. More, t...

  • Rubicon

    Greater than the sum of its parts... Rubicon has something for everyone: action, humour and historical insight. Michael ArnoldTen acclaimed authors. Ten gripping stories.Immerse yourself in Ancient Rome through a collection of thrilling narrative...

  • Dark Eagle

    Legionary - 8

    What hope has one forgotten soldier of bringing an emperor to justice?Winter, 382 AD. The Gothic War is over. After years of bloodshed, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Goths have struck a deal for peace. Imperial heralds crow about the treaty as if ...

  • Dawn of War

    Empires of Bronze - 2

    A tale of far-flung desert adventure set in the distant Bronze Age. Two great empires on the brink of war, one last hope for peace…1294 BC: The fragile accord between the Hittite and Egyptian empires is crumbling. The ancient world braces itsel...

  • Eagles in the Desert

    360 AD: A Roman legion is trapped and surrounded in the blistering Persian desert... and a great saga begins.Eagles in the Desert was intense and ominous - a fast paced, gory battle tale centred around fathers and sons. - Historical Writers' Associat...

  • Thunder at Kadesh

    Empires of Bronze - 3

    It will be the cruellest war ever waged, and the Gods will gather to watch…1275 BC: Tensions between the Hittite and Egyptian Empires erupt and the two great superpowers mobilise for all-out war. Horns blare across the Hittite northlands and th...

  • The Crimson Throne

    Empires of Bronze - 4

    The King of the Hittites has been slain, and a reign of terror begins…1272 BC: Prince Hattu returns home from the battlefield of Kadesh to find his nephew on the throne, the old king’s blood dripping from his hands. Under Urhi-Teshub̵...

  • The Shadow of Troy

    Empires of Bronze - 5

    The war at Troy has raged for ten years. Its final throes will echo through eternity…1258 BC: Surrounded and outnumbered by the army of Agamemnon, King Priam and his Trojan forces fight desperately to defend their city. In the lulls between bat...



  • The Dark Earth

    Empires of Bronze - 6

    The time will come, as all times must, when the world will shake, and fall to dust…1237 BC: It is an age of panic. The great empires are in disarray – ravaged by endless drought, shaken by ferocious earthquakes and starved of precious tin...

  • The Emperor's Shield

    Easier to split the sky, than part a soldier from his blade.386 AD. The Eastern Roman Empire faces a trident of threats. The Gothic truce grows unstable. The standoff with Persia escalates. And the ambitions of the usurper on the Western throne grow ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gordon Doherty has published 21 books.

Gordon Doherty does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Emperor's Shield, was published in February 2023.

The first book by Gordon Doherty, Legionary, was published in June 2011.

Yes. Gordon Doherty has 3 series.
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