ALISTAIR FORREST

Alistair Forrest is a journalist, editor and author.

Widely travelled, he finds inspiration to write gripping historical fiction just about everywhere he goes.

Inspired by great historical fiction authors from Mary Renault to Robert Harris, he creates stories around real events from the past with real and imagined characters of substance.

“Forrest has the gift of the true story-teller”
– Lord Cormack, historian and author

SEA OF FLAMES

Meet the plucky, crazy crew of a Greek warship who have sworn vengeance on Mark Antony for murdering the captain's father... in the latest gripping novel set in the first century BC.

LIBERTAS

"A fast-moving tale of fortitude, survival and eventual retribution told against the background of Rome's bloody civil war." - Douglas Jackson, author of the best-selling Gaius Valerius Verrens series

NEST OF VIPERS

"A gripping and exciting read, well-researched and convincing." - Peter Tonkin, author of The Ides. The first in a new series of novellas.

VIPER PIT

The second in a series of three novellas set in the early days of Rome's Second Triumvirate. 'Viper Pit' follows on from 'Nest of Vipers' in which Titus Villius Macer is recruited to spy on the pirate, Sextus Pompey.

VIPER'S REVENGE

The Sicilian Revolt reaches a tense climax in the third book of the Agents of Rome series of novellas. 'The action keeps on coming until the tense and brutal conclusion' — Derek Birks, author of The Last of the Romans

AGENTS OF ROME KINDLE BOX SET

When faced with the undoubted seamanship of the pirate Sextus Pompey, how do you mastermind a campaign to save your people from starvation? Create a spy network, build a better navy and keep on trying. Here's the Viper trilogy in a single package.

LINE IN THE SAND

A familiar tale reimagined - the story of David & Goliath as it might have been before the religious scribes got to work. "Adds blood, history and humanity to the classic tale" - Richard Foreman, author of Spies of Rome series.

COMING SOON

"Forrest has the gift of the true story-teller - an ability to engage his readers' interest from the very first sentence." - Lord Cormack, politician, historian and author. What will he write next?

It's about time Alistair Forrest slowed down a tad. He was brought up in the Middle East, dashing to and from the UK for a spot of schooling. He's worked for several UK newspapers and edited travel, photographic and natural health magazines. He ran a PR company for a decade. He's lived in six countries all told, and visited many of the rest. Perhaps moving to Alderney in the Channel Islands with his wife Lynda has put an end to his nomadic lust. Who knows? But at least he now lives near a beach and quite a few other creative types.

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