Q. V. Hunter

"Seen through the eyes of Numidianus and his 'agentes,' the events feel immediate and intensely personal. The characters are vivid, the dilemmas harrowing, and the pacing swift as calamities crowd upon one another. I enjoyed it so much that I now want to begin with Book One and read the entire series." KEIRA MORGAN (REVIEWER) HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY, ON 'THE FAREWELL OF THE GODS,' AN HNS EDITOR'S CHOICE FOR MAY 2026

Q. V. Hunter is the author of the twelve best-selling Embers of Empire novels, the richly-researched espionage-adventure series set among the "agentes in rebus," intelligence agents of the 4th century Roman Empire. Following the career of one emancipated slave, half Gallo-Roman, half Numidian, from his recruitment in Roman Africa to his final years as chief of the Empire's vast thousand-strong imperial network of postal riders, informants, intrigants, and bureaucrats, Hunter's series is set against the true political and military incidents chronicled by the period's foremost historian Ammianus Marcellinus. Without losing a moment of fictional pace and excitement, the rich cast of memorable characters and settings makes this recent series highly-rated as an authentic portrait of post-Constantine challenges to the changing Roman Empire.