James Mace

James Mace is best-selling American author of Fiction, History and Historical Fiction novels. He is a lifelong historian and the author of over dozen novels including seven ancient history books that have been a bestseller. Mace wrote a draft of his first novel Soldier of Rome: The Legionary while serving in the US military in Iraq from 2004 to 2005.

The best place to start is The Artorian Chronicles series, the earliest of James Mace's multi-book series: it opens with Heir to Rebellion (2009) and runs to 6 books across 2009–2013, ending with The Last Campaign (2013). James Mace's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

James Mace has 37 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2009 and 2026. 30 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being The Artorian Dynasty series with 13 books — and 7 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. James Mace's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Artorian Chronicles (2009–2013, 6 books), The Great Jewish Revolt (2014–2016, 3 books) and The Year of the Four Emperors (2015, 2 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits James Mace's 37 books into 6 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Artorian Dynasty (13 books, 2020–2025); The Artorian Chronicles (6 books, 2009–2013); The Anglo-Zulu War (5 books, 2016–2019); The Great Jewish Revolt (3 books, 2014–2016); The Year of the Four Emperors (2 books, 2015), plus 1 further series.