Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt Virtual Book Tour November and December 2011

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Join James Mace, author of the historical fiction novel, Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt (iUniverse), as he virtually tours the blogosphere October 3rd – November 18 2011 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About James Mace

James Since I can remember I have always had a passion for history. My love of Roman history started when I first watched the series “I, Claudius”. I then proceeded to read every Roman book I could get my hands on.

I got my start writing bodybuilding and physical fitness articles for Bodybuilding.com, as well as a lesser-know magazine, HardCore Muscle. I turned to writing historical novels when I was in Iraq. My intent was to write the stories that I wanted to read, but could not find. While we may hear stories about the Emperors and Generals of antiquity, we almost never hear the stories of the men who did the actual fighting under them. Sadly, most historical data is lost, the individual soldiers being long since forgotten by history. My attempt with The Artorian Chronicles is to tell the story of a common legionary and what could have happened throughout his career.

More recently I have turned to other periods in history and have started work on a pair of historical novels about the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. The working title for the first book is “Brutal Valour”. I’m tentatively planning for it to be released sometime in 2012, along with the fifth book in The Artorian Chronicles, “Soldier of Rome: Judea”.

You can visit James at http://legionarybooks.net

About Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt

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A Shadow Rising
It has been three years since the wars against Arminius and the Cherusci. Gaius Silius, Legate of the Twentieth Legion, is concerned that the barbarians-though shattered by the war-may be stirring once again. He also seeks to confirm the rumors regarding Arminius’ death. What Silius does not realize is that there is a new threat to the Empire, but it does not come from beyond the frontier; it is coming from within the Empire’s borders in Gaul.

Legionary Artorius has greatly matured during his five years in the legions. He has become stronger in mind; his body growing even more powerful. Like the rest of the Legion, he is unaware of the shadow growing well within the Empire’s borders, where a disaffected nobleman is stirring rebellion to betray the Emperor Tiberius. A shadow looms; one that looks to envelope the province of Gaul as well as the Rhine legions. The year is 20 A.D.

Here’s what critics are saying about Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt!

“I was pleasantly surprised to see that James Mace had done a follow-up to his previous book, Soldier of Rome: The Legionary. Like most people, I had never even heard of the rebellion of Sacrovir and Florus, so it came as a surprise to see that this book too is based on actual events. Most historical novels from this era seem to focus on Julius Caesar, or events in Britain (i.e. Boudicca’s rebellion). These topics have been done to death, so I’m glad to see this author pursuing other historical events that most of us probably have never heard of before. Just because a war doesn’t have a hundred different books written about it doesn’t make it any less brutal or tragic to those who had to take part in it. The events surrounding the sons of the Gallic nobility is especially devastating.

One thing about this book is that it does not have as many large-scale battles as the first book. In my opinion this is a good thing, because now we are able to see more character development rather than just bouncing from one blood-bath to the next. And while the characters do grow and mature, I had to be reminded periodically that Artorius is still pretty young in this book (twenty-two, I think).

Overall I am glad to see Mr. Mace has elected to continue the story of Artorius and his fellow legionaries. While “The Legionary” could very well have been a stand-alone book had he elected not to write a sequel, “The Sacrovir Revolt” makes it plain that there will be more books to follow as it does leave the reader hanging a little bit at the end. I look forward to the next one.”

–R.C. Williams

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Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule

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Tuesday, November 1

Book Reviewed at Luxury Reading

Wednesday, November 2

Book Reviewed at Okbo Lover

Book Reviewed at Carabosse’s Library

Thursday, November 3

Book Reviewed at One Book Shy of a Full Shelf

Monday, November 7

Book Reviewed at Mad Moose Mama

Interviewed at Kelly McClymer’s Blog

Tuesday, November 8

Book Reviewed at Broken Teepee

Book Reviewed at It’s All About Books

Wednesday, November 9

Book Reviewed at Sugarpeach

Guest Blogging at Splendid Things

Thursday, November 10

Book Reviewed at Beyond Strange New Words

Friday, November 11

Book Reviewed at Every Day is an Adventure

Monday, November 14

Book Reviewed at Along the Way

Book Reviewed at Musings of a Book Junkie

Tuesday, November 15

Book Reviewed at Words I Write Crazy

Wednesday, November 16

Book Reviewed at Book Lover’s Hideaway

Book Reviewed at Pick of the Literate

Book Reviewed at Musings of a Book Junkie

Thursday, November 17

Book Reviewed at Carabosse’s Library

Book Reviewed at Book Lover’s Hideaway

Book Reviewed at Every Day is an Adventure

Friday, November 18

Interviewed at Every Day is an Adventure

Monday, November 21

Book Reviewed at Along the Way

Monday, December 5

Book Reviewed at Mad Moose Mama

Tuesday, December 6

Book Reviewed at Acting Balanced

Wednesday, December 7

Guest Blogging at Acting Balanced

Thursday, December 8

Guest Blogging at Blogher

Friday, December 9

Guest Blogging at Redroom

Monday, December 12

Guest Blogging at Open Salon

Tuesday, December 13

Book Reviewed at Every Day is an Adventure

Wednesday, December 14

Interviewed at Digital Journal

Friday, December 16

Interviewed at Examiner

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James Mace’s SOLDIER OF ROME: THE LEGIONARY VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ‘10 will officially begin on November 1st and ends on December 16th ’11. Please contact Tracee Gleichner at tgleichner(at)gmail(dot)com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing her book or click here to use the form. Thank you!

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