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S.J.A. Turney

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in Ripon, The United Kingdom

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Historical Fiction, Historical Fantasy, History

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Simon lives with his wife and children and a menagerie of animals in rural North Yorkshire, where he sits in an office, wired on coffee and digestive biscuits, and attempts to spin engrossing tales out of strands of imagination while his children drive toys across his desk and two dogs howl as they try to share a brain cell.

A born and bred Yorkshireman with a love of country, history and architecture, Simon spends most of his rare free time travelling around ancient sites, writing, researching the ancient world and reading voraciously.

Following an arcane and eclectic career path that wound through everything from sheep to Microsoft networks and from paint to car sales, Simon wrote Marius’ Mules and, with help and support, made a success of ...more

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	The Invasion of Gaul (Marius' Mules, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 1,901 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Game (Praetorian #1) 4.30 avg rating — 1,410 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of War (Knights Templar #1) 4.09 avg rating — 1,388 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Belgae (Marius' Mules, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 1,267 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Feud (Wolves of Odin, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,193 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gallia Invicta (Marius' Mules, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 1,144 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Price of Treason (Praetorian, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 1,051 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conspiracy of Eagles (Marius' Mules, #4) 4.43 avg rating — 1,009 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Revolt (Marius' Mules, #7) 4.57 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eagles of Dacia (Praetorian #3) 4.42 avg rating — 973 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Marius' Mules (15 books)
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S.J.A. Turney made a comment on Caroline Palmer’s review of Warrior (Agricola #2) " Yay. Cheers. The good news is that the third novel is already written and the fourth planned... :-) "
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S.J.A. Turney answered Paul Smith's question: Hi, I am listening to Marcius mules on Audible and book 3 suddenly was not available half way through, the rest are still in my account. Can you tell me why as Audible cant? Im really enjoying the series. Hi Paul. I'm afraid I have no idea. My involvement with audio books ends when I sign the deal and hand over the manuscript. Since the manuscript was complete, this sounds like an issue with either the publisher or Audible itself, but given that the b See Full Answer
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S.J.A. Turney answered LambchoP's question: Wolves of Odin in particular looks like a series I would love. I would love to be able to read and review these books for you and do all I can to generate hype and spread the word to as many people as I'm able to. I do all I can to help out new and upcoming authors in the fantasy/historical fiction genre as much as I'm able to:) If you have any ARcs or review copies available, let me know and I'll review them everywe? Hi. Sorry, my publishers deal with all ARCs and review copies. You might want to direct your enquiries to Canelo or Head of Zeus, depending on the title. Thanks.
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“As his father spun in irritation, Rufinus ducked back out of sight. The old man probably wouldn’t recognise him anyway – might not even have recognised him without the disguise, frankly – but he couldn’t risk it. In fact, he was unlikely to learn anything of value here, and there was nothing he could do. His father was already clutching at Cleander’s tunic hem, desperate for a scrap of power, and yet somehow, having found the old man,”
― S.J.A. Turney, Lions of Rome

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“I just realised that Arruntius is basically you in twenty years’ time.”
― S.J.A. Turney, Pax Gallica

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“Decisiveness and a willingness to act promptly for the good are of prime importance. If the king-maker and the king-breaker had been kept apart and asked independently to advise a third, then the matter might have been resolved without such a terrible end.”
― S.J.A. Turney, The Pasha's Tale (The Ottoman Cycle Book 4)

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