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Overview: By day, I’m your typical management consultant, drowning in data analytics and helping companies "leverage their synergies" (yes, I just used that phrase unironically – occupational hazard). I spend countless hours discussing machine learning models and digital transformation with clients who think AI is either going to solve all their problems or steal their jobs. Sometimes both in the same meeting.
But by night? Oh, by night I become a Byzantine Emperor’s worst nightmare. I’m the puppet master of a sprawling historical epic spanning fifty years, where I get to play with the lives of characters in ways that would make any HR department deeply uncomfortable.
Genre: Historical Fiction
01 The Varangian’s Shadow
Blood. Gold. Steel. In the Queen of Cities, survival demands all three.
In the aftermath of the Norman conquest of England, the world of the Saxons is left in ruins. Aethelwynn, a noblewoman of Wessex, witnesses her family’s destruction at the hands of William the Conqueror, whose ambition and ruthless tactics forever change the course of history. Forced into a desperate escape, she disguises herself as “Atli,” a male warrior, and journeys eastward to the fabled Queen of Cities—Constantinople. There, she joins the legendary Varangian Guard, an elite force of warriors sworn to protect the Byzantine Emperor.
But Constantinople, under the rule of Emperor Constantine X Doukas, is a city of dangerous secrets. The emperor’s declining health and wavering grip on power leave the Byzantine Empire vulnerable to internal strife and external threats. Beside him, the ambitious and intelligent Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa fights to maintain order in a court rife with conspiracies and betrayal.
02 Constantine’s Web
Constantine’s Web: A Byzantine Tale of Intrigue
As Edward the Confessor lies dying without a clear heir, two great empires stand at a crossroads. In Constantinople, Emperor Constantine X weaves an intricate web of spies and secrets to hold his fracturing realm together, while across the continent, England braces for a succession crisis that will reshape the balance of power in medieval Europe.
When the charismatic noble Vadim arrives at the Byzantine court, his presence sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to unravel Constantine’s carefully laid plans. The emperor’s wife, the brilliant and beautiful Empress Eudokia, finds herself drawn to the newcomer, while powerful General Romanos Diogenes positions himself as a potential successor to the ailing throne. Against this backdrop of imperial intrigue, Constantine’s network of spies—including Father Ronan, the merchant-spymaster Solomon, and Kofi, the Nubian diplomat and agent—work tirelessly to maintain the empire’s grip on power.
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