The Dance of Time

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

I cried at the end of this. And also approved of the resolution for Valentinian. Highly.......more

The other books in this series are all 5 star. This book is at least twice as good as them. Superb.......more

Hah! I had forgotten how 'strong' of a finish for this series this book was! I enjoyed reading it quite a bit. It moved fairly fast; the authors introduced a new wrinkle in this final book I had forgotten about. It is still pretty spread out for the various main characters. It also had "better" humo......more

It is a fitting finish for this alternate history series. The first time I read it, I almost cried when Aide "died" if a sentient crystalline form could live and die. "He" had fulfilled "his" great mission, "his" purpose for coming, and perhaps one could say this book was about Aide and not Belisari......more