In the Heart of Darkness

The Belasarius series is a six-volume alternate history that pits the legions of Rome against the Malwa empire of northern India within a science fiction infrastructure of time travel and artificial intelligence. It's a vast, sprawling fantasy with many characters and enough manly derring-do to sati......more

2018 reread: Superb second installment in this really good series.......more

This was a fast read for me. It moved at a good pace; it builds upon the characters and situations form the first book (I realize most books in a series perform this action, but some authors do a better job than other authors of building upon the earlier books). I did like the way this book develope......more

I enjoyed this second book in the Belisarius series as much as I had enjoyed the first one, and for pretty much the same reasons. The characters were likeable (except the ones you weren’t supposed to like) and funny, and the story was interesting. As with the first book, the characters are slightly o......more

Read at least (3) times. Going through a lot right now so I'm glad that I read this. I was reading it while I was waiting for my Dad to call (never had talked to him before) and reading about people overcoming the insupportable and different kinds of people figuring out that they're all still *people......more