Peter Darman

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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2011
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Alpine Warrior

1 - Outcast (Nov-2021)
2 - The Wolf of Rimini (Apr-2022)
3 - Prodigal (Feb-2023)
4 - Count of Thrace (Jun-2023)

Catalan Chronicles

1 - The Black Sheep (Dec-2019)
2 - The White Dragon (Apr-2020)
3 - The Golden Lion (Oct-2020)
4 - The Silver Stallion (Feb-2021)

Crusader Chronicles

1 - The Sword Brothers (Oct-2013)
2 - Army of the Wolf (Mar-2014)
3 - Castellan (Jan-2015)
4 - Master of Mayhem (May-2015)
5 - Schism (Nov-2015)
6 - As Dust to the Wind (May-2016)

Parthian Chronicles

1 - The Parthian (Jun-2011)
2 - Parthian Dawn (Jan-2012)
3 - Parthian Vengeance (Aug-2012)
4 - Carrhae (Feb-2013)
5 - Companions (Jul-2014)
6 - Sons of the Citadel (Sep-2016)
7 - Usurper (Jun-2017)
8 - The Cursed Kingdom (Nov-2017)
9 - Amazon (Feb-2018)
10 - The Slave King (Jun-2018)
11 - Lord of War (Oct-2018)
12 - Wraiths (Mar-2019)
13 - Sarmatian (Jul-2019)
14 - Pacorus (Jul-2020)
15 - Dura (Jun-2021)
16 - Conqueror (Aug-2022)

Book List in Order: 33 titles

  • The Parthian

    Parthian Chronicles - 1

    When Rome transgresses upon his father's domain that lays between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Pacorus, a prince of the Parthian Empire, is sent to exact revenge. After a string of victories Pacorus and his men are captured in Cappadocia, clapped...

  • Parthian Dawn

    Parthian Chronicles - 2

    ‘Parthian Dawn’ is the second volume of the adventures of Pacorus the Parthian and his companions â€" the fierce and proud Gallia, the ex-Roman centurion Domitus, the scout Byrd and the sorceress Dobbai â€" as they battle for their lives against ...

  • Parthian Vengeance

    Parthian Chronicles - 3

    ‘Parthian Vengeance’ is the third instalment in the Parthian Chronicles, the adventures of King Pacorus of Dura, and follows on from ‘Parthian Dawn’.The brooding peace that hangs over Parthia is shattered by a murder that triggers the final c...

  • Carrhae

    Parthian Chronicles - 4

    ‘Carrhae’ is the fourth instalment in the Parthian Chronicles, the adventures of King Pacorus of Dura, and follows on from ‘Parthian Vengeance’.The great Parthian Civil War is over, leaving behind an empire exhausted by years of bloodshed. Bu...

  • The Sword Brothers

    Crusader Chronicles - 1

    Jerusalem may have fallen to the Saracens but in the Baltic Bishop Albert of Riga has created the crusader state of Livonia to bring the word of God to the indigenous pagans. The battle to convert the natives is savage and unrelenting and into this h...

  • Army of the Wolf

    Crusader Chronicles - 2

    The Sword Brothers have won a great victory and the implacable enemy of their order is dead. There is now nothing to stop the Bishop of Riga from marching north and seizing the whole of Estonia. But in the moment of triumph the seeds of future diffic...

  • Companions

    Parthian Chronicles - 5

    They called themselves Companions â€" those who escaped from Italy with Pacorus in the aftermath of Spartacus’ uprising, travelling across the Mediterranean to make their home in Parthia. They subsequently assisted Pacorus in turning the Kingdom of...

  • Castellan

    Crusader Chronicles - 3

    Outraged by the behaviour of the Sword Brothers, King Valdemar has placed a blockade on the whole of Livonia. With the Danes having a stranglehold over Livonia the crusader state is slowly dying, made worse by an outbreak of pestilence at Riga. But w...

  • Master of Mayhem

    Crusader Chronicles - 4

    Estonia may be at peace but Conrad Wolff, now a master of the Sword Brothers, seethes with anger against a wrong committed against him and his friends. The aftermath will lead to Livonia and Estonia being dragged into international politics as the Pa...



  • Schism

    Crusader Chronicles - 5

    A new Papal Legate has come to Livonia but he is no friend of Conrad Wolff or the Sword Brothers. Grave charges are levelled against the commander of the Army of the Wolf, leading to a series of events that threatens to rip apart the crusader state i...

  • As Dust to the Wind

    Crusader Chronicles - 6

    No man can escape his destiny, not even the famed Conrad Wolff whose named is revered and feared in equal measure throughout the Baltic following nearly thirty years of bloodshed. Conrad and the Sword Brothers are now masters of all they survey. The ...

  • Sons of the Citadel

    Parthian Chronicles - 6

    Did you think the gods would leave you alone, Pacorus? Did you truly believe the Romans would forget the humiliation of Carrhae and not rest until they had won back their lost eagles? Pacorus had believed the defeat of Crassus would signal the end of...

  • The Ice March

    Set against the backdrop of World War I and the Russian Revolution, ‘The Ice March’ is the story of Mikhail Petrov, an impoverished peasant who is drafted into the Russian Imperial Army in 1914. He is soon caught up in tumultuous events as the Im...

  • Usurper

    Parthian Chronicles - 7

    Doting father? Man of peace? These things are not you, Pacorus. Have you not heard of the hydra? Cut off one of its heads and two more will replace it. You defeat one enemy and another springs forth to torment you, just as the gods torment you with e...

  • The Cursed Kingdom

    Parthian Chronicles - 8

    Mark Antony has returned to Parthia to wage war against the king of kings. But Parthia has a new hero, a man born of slaves who carries an infamous name and who burns with rage against the world. The king of the wild Kingdom of Gordyene desires to ar...

  • Amazon

    Parthian Chronicles - 9

    "Yet again Darman has produced a narrative that sweeps the reader along, never pausing for breath. A mixture of palace intrigue, bloody battles and historical nuance, this book mixes all our old favourite characters with some great new baddies, all s...

  • The Slave King

    Parthian Chronicles - 10

    You know three things, Pacorus: Your ‘army’ totals only one hundred men and one hundred women. No help is coming. The gods are unreliable allies. Peace has been restored to the Parthian Empire. The king of kings graces Dura with a visit, the son ...

  • Lord of War

    Parthian Chronicles - 11

    You want peace and a happy retirement, Pacorus? The only way to ensure both is to eradicate your enemies before they have a chance to mobilise. So, are you a warlord or farmer? Pacorus and Gallia have survived their time of trial in Media and have re...

  • Wraiths

    Parthian Chronicles - 12

    Nothing is forgotten. Nothing is ever forgotten. No matter where you are, I will find you.King Pacorus and Queen Gallia have returned to Dura after their narrow escape in the north. The king is glad to be alive but Gallia seethes with resentment and ...



  • Sarmatian

    Parthian Chronicles - 13

    War is a jealous lover who is reluctant to release me from her embrace.Pacorus, now retired from the politics of Parthia, embarks on a journey to request the high king find a place in the empire for his Egyptian protégé, who has been offered the go...

  • The Black Sheep

    Catalan Chronicles - 1

    Constantinople 1302. Luca Baldi, a young shepherd, is catapulted into the violent world of mercenary warfare when he is forced to flee his native Sicily. He falls in with the Almogavars â€" ruthless mercenaries from the Catalonia region of Spain who ...

  • The White Dragon

    Catalan Chronicles - 2

    Cry ‘havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war.After its great victories in Anatolia, the mercenary Catalan Company has been grossly betrayed by its paymasters. Now cornered on the Gallipoli Peninsula, the Byzantine emperor is determined to w...

  • Pacorus

    Parthian Chronicles - 14

    The Romans took my freedom, albeit briefly. But Parthia took my youth, my best years, my friends and my family. And now it wants me to surrender the things that made all the sacrifices if not worthwhile, then at least bearable.It is thirty years sinc...

  • The Golden Lion

    Catalan Chronicles - 3

    ‘Luca Baldi is an illiterate peasant, a scrawny wretch who has a seditious streak and who under normal circumstances would have been hanged or burnt at the stake long ago. However, fate, or God, has seen fit to smile on his miserable existence....

  • The Silver Stallion

    Catalan Chronicles - 4

    The dogs of war have been muzzled, and now they will be destroyed.Luca Baldi has some very prestigious enemies – the emperor’s wife, the Queen of Thessaly, Dario Spinola (the richest man in the eastern Mediterranean), the Duke of Athens, ...

  • Dura

    Parthian Chronicles - 15

    War has been a successful Duran export for many years. But now it is at the gates of my city and strangling my kingdom.Parthia’s borders are now secure after decades of strife and a general peace has settled over the empire. The prosperous and ...

  • Outcast

    Alpine Warrior - 1

    Leon Muller, resident of the city of Bern, has it all – a wealthy family, an excellent education and a very bright future. But he throws it all away on a rash impulse and as a result is thrown into a world that is totally alien to him. Cast out...

  • The Wolf of Rimini

    Alpine Warrior - 2

    'How will history judge you, Leon Muller?'Fresh from their exploits in Switzerland, Leon and his comrades march south to Italy to fight for the Duchy of Milan against the Republic of Venice. Italy is the most cultured country in Europe, but its polit...

  • Conqueror

    Parthian Chronicles - 16

    Protect your family, defend the empire, honour the gods.This is the code you have lived by all your life, Pacorus. Everything you have undertaken has been with those three objectives uppermost in your mind. And now your life’s work is nearly co...



  • Prodigal

    Alpine Warrior - 3

    Being stabbed in the back is more painful than in the front.Leon and the Swiss stand triumphant after their victory over the Venetians. Their employer, Francesco Sforza, is now the most powerful man in northern Italy. And yet, even in the moment of v...

  • Count of Thrace

    Alpine Warrior - 4

    A crumbling empire, a mighty city facing destruction, and a small army of mercenaries trying to keep the enemy hordes at bay.Leon Muller and his soldiers have been fighting for the Roman emperor for two years, battling the mighty Ottoman Empire to pr...

  • Boyar

    ‘You are Leon Muller, the man who has never lost a battle and the maker of miracles.’Leon and his mercenaries have escaped Constantinople and are now wandering beggars. But veterans are never unemployed for long and soon Leon is offered a...

  • Kingmaker

    Triumph and tragedy are two sides of the same coin.Leon Muller is now the most powerful man in all Wallachia, more powerful than its king and stronger than the man who hired him to win the crown of that kingdom: Prince Vlad Dracula. But pride comes b...

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Peter Darman has published 33 books.

Peter Darman does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Kingmaker, was published in February 2024.

The first book by Peter Darman, The Parthian, was published in June 2011.

Yes. Peter Darman has 4 series.
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