Nathan D. Maki

Author Bio:

A life-long love for historical fiction and a passion to create high-intensity, realistic novels from a Christian world view has propelled Nathan into his writing career. He is the author of the War Within series of novels set in Ancient Rome, and most recently The Keeper's Crown, a novel of the Apostle Paul.

A recent trip to Rome to walk the ancient streets, explore the Catacombs, and stand in the Coliseum plunged Nathan even deeper into the ancient world he brings to life for his readers.

Nathan's novels combine the faith and romance of Francine Rivers's Mark of the Lion trilogy with the action and adventure of Bernard Cornwell or Conn Iggulden.

Nathan lives in Ontario, Canada, with his wife, son, and three very spoiled dogs. There he pastors a church and manages his own business in addition to his writing. Sometimes he even sleeps!

The Keeper's Crown

Quintus As a boy, he dared to fight Nero. Worse, he won. Stripped of his family, the love of his life, and his self-respect, he sets out on a quest to win a victor's crown, rescue his parents, and restore his family's honor. But his path to glory in the restless province of Judaea is threatened by the…

The Healer

Suzanna ben Ya’ir is a slave to the king of Hatra, the indomitable fortress city. She dreams of escaping the harem and finding her way back to Rome to find her son, but she is held prisoner by the king’s soldiers, towering walls, and untold miles of murderous desert. To escape, she must earn coins…

The Praetorian

How far would you go to free your mother from slavery? Using his power as a Praetorian tribune, Theudas begins a search for his mother with the aim of freeing her from slavery. Emperor Severus is consolidating his hold on power and setting in motion renewed persecution of the Christians in Rome. When…

The Legionnaire

Having escaped the gladiator school and fled the city of Rome, Antonius and Theudas now find themselves on a far deadlier battlefield. The entire Roman Empire is racked with civil war on the heels of the assassinations of both Emperor Commodus and his successor Pertinax. Now four would-be Emperors,…

The Gladiator

When tragedy tears his family apart, Antonius is left doubting his faith and seeking vengeance. His quest for retribution will take him from the sands of the Coliseum to the distant battlefields of the Roman Empire, before bringing him back to Rome. There he must decide where his allegiance lies-with…