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Colin Falconer

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London, The United Kingdom

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@colin_falconer

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Historical Fiction, Thriller, Fiction

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Part thriller. Part history. All adventure.

Colin Falconer’s popular Epic Adventure series of standalone historical thrillers includes the bestselling SILK ROAD.

His latest release is ENDS OF THE EARTH (2023).

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Average rating: 4.12 · 50,936 ratings · 2,596 reviews · 62 distinct works • Similar authors

	Silk Road (Epic Adventure, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 7,925 ratings — published 2000 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harem (Epic Adventure, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,602 ratings — published 1992 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane 3.85 avg rating — 5,681 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When We Were Gods (Epic Adventure, #5) 4.02 avg rating — 3,850 ratings — published 1999 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Isabella: Braveheart of France 3.87 avg rating — 3,462 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stigmata (Epic Adventure, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 2,914 ratings — published 2004 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord of the Atlas (Epic Adventure, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 2,206 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feathered Serpent (Epic Adventure, #7) 4.01 avg rating — 2,042 ratings — published 1996 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Venom (Epic Adventure, #8) 4.41 avg rating — 1,796 ratings — published 1990 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	East India (Epic Adventure, #12) 4.15 avg rating — 1,801 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Valerius's Journey: Ends of the Earth

The journey made by Valerius from far western China to Rome was around 25,000km and took him almost two years. For those readers who are interested, I’ve marked it on an ancient map.

Researching this journey made Ends of the Earth the most challenging novel I've ever written. The Roman Empire and the events of 53 to 44 BC are well documented. So is the battle of Carrhae, in what is now southeastern

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Colin Falconer finished reading Ends of the Earth: A historical adventure thriller of the Roman Empire based on real events (Epic Adventure) by Colin Falconer (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Colin Falconer rated a book it was amazing The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The story of the rise and fall of the British East India Company, the first multinational corporation to effectively privatize an entire country - but sadly, not the last. Even colonial Britain was shocked by its excesses. Impeccably researched and e ...more
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Colin Falconer rated a book it was amazing The Evening and the Morning : The Prequel to The Pillars of the Earth, A Kingsbridge Novell by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Great yarn. Follett knows how to keep you turning the page.
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Colin Falconer added a status update: Thrilled to have just released my latest historical adventure thriller: ENDS OF THE EARTH. Hope you enjoy it.
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Colin Falconer made a comment on Pauline Delaney’s review of Ends of the Earth: A historical adventure thriller of the Roman Empire based on real events (Epic Adventure) " Thank you. First review and very much appreciated "
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Colin Falconer and 1 other person liked Pauline Delaney's review of Ends of the Earth: A historical adventure thriller of the Roman Empire based on real events (Epic Adventure): "Sleep deprived What a journey I was taken on. Such powerful descriptive writing. I struggled through the desert with the soldiers. I felt their pain. I even felt their thirst. Powerful description of their struggle. I couldn't put this book down. Any " Read more of this review »
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Colin Falconer rated a book it was amazing Alchemy (Giordano Bruno #7) by S.J. Parris	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
My first of the Giordano Bruno series. Parris writes historical suspense really well. Dark themes and well drawn characters. Great fun. Loved it.
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Colin Falconer liked Mark Edwards's review of Harem (Epic Adventure, #4): "This is one of those books that you wish the story would not end. Fabulous historical telling of the life and times of Suleman the Magnificent. Not easy staying alive in those times! This is fast paced, historically interesting but never boring. The " Read more of this review »
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Colin Falconer and 2 other people liked Paul A's review of Harem (Epic Adventure, #4): "It seems that this book was received with a pretty polarized response regarding Falconer's characterization of his main characters' motivations. People appear to take issue with how Hurrem or Suleiman are portrayed, when in reality, there's no way we" Read more of this review »
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“Tom, you couldn’t punch the froth off a Guinness.”
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“We make such plans for our lives, she thinks, and this is the way they turn out, nothing like what we imagine.”
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“They found him in the cloister, lying on his back with ice in his beard. He was half conscious, muttering about a Templar knight, a secret commission from the Pope, and a beautiful woman on a white pony.”
― Colin Falconer, Silk Road

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“His fellow monks carried him back to his cell and laid him on the hard cot that had been his bed for the last twenty years. He was an old man now and there was nothing to be done. His eyes had the cold sheen of death. A brother went to fetch the abbot so that the old fellow might make his last confession.”
― Colin Falconer, Silk Road

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“The head had been impaled on a railing outside the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand in the early hours of a cold November morning. There was a fine dusting of frost on the corpse’s hair and eyelids which gave it a festive touch.”
― Colin Falconer, Cry Justice

tags: british-crime, crime-fiction, crime-thriller

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“Kitty O’Kane dreamed of a kind husband and a just life; what she had was haddock water for supper and a dribble of her own blood, seen at close quarters, on the toe of her father’s scuffed boot.”
― Colin Falconer, The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane

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“The dead man looked disconsolate. Reasonably so, in the circumstances, Charlie thought.”
― Colin Falconer, Cry Justice

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