Since Antonius

by Alexander Francis

A heartbreaking message from the distant past is uncovered in the ruins of Herculaneum. It is a plea for help meant to be read by the only man in the twenty-first century who knew the messenger in person and called him his brother. Tony and Mary are saddened by the plight of Cosimo, and they at last disclose the stunning truth to their son. Tony was born in the first century. He and his wife have traveled in time, and their companion and friend was left behind in the past. A young brilliant scientist has the means and the knowledge to create time travel, just like his mother did twenty years previously when she enabled two young translators to go back to the first century. But Barron is being watched by relentless government agents who are determined to prevent any window into the past to ever be opened…again.

410 pages, Paperback

Published May 26, 2020

About the author

Alexander Francis is the author of thirteen novels spanning psychological suspense, spy thrillers, literary fiction, time travel, and romance, each one written in a distinct voice, each one shaped by the same belief: that fiction should make you feel something you were not expecting to feel.

Two of his novels, Beware the Exit and Memory Gap, were born from dreams. He woke, wrote down what remained, and built full novels from those fragments. The result, in both cases, is fiction with the logic and texture of a waking dream: internally consistent, emotionally real, and deeply strange.

His Mick Grundy trilogy, Spy Hunt, The Russian Connection, and Elapid — follows a single unforgettable protagonist through three standalone spy thrillers. Readers have compared Mick Grundy to Jason Bourne and Denzel Washington's character in The Equalizer, and one reader bought the trilogy twice: once to keep, and once to donate to his local library so strangers could find it.

His work has been described as impossible to categorize: one reader compared him to Stravinsky, too original for the existing categories to contain. His books are available in ebook, paperback, large print, and audiobook formats, and are distributed internationally.

His biggest thrill, still, is hearing from a reader who enjoyed one of his books.