AURELIUS

Green Altar Books, 2026

Physical and E-book formats.

A hard-charging action novella that finds Tom Ironsides, a year before the events of The Substitute, battling wicked Epstein-esque characters. Several semi-related short stories are appended as well. Or, technically, it’s a novella, four short stories, and a novellete. Either way, it’s what the people wanted!

From the publisher:

A dark mission. A ruthless enemy. One man standing between civilization and collapse.

In Aurelius, Tom Ironsides returns to the edge of a shadow world—one that does not merely threaten reality, but breaks into it with violence, cruelty, and merciless intent.

Europe is under threat.

Forces of domination and destruction are moving with brutal purpose. Their goal is not negotiation. It is control—through fear, violation, maiming, and murder. Ironsides is pulled into a fight where hesitation means defeat and mercy may come too late.

Fans of hard-edged action thrillers will find a hero forged for the dark.

With allies old and new, Ironsides takes the fight to enemies who believe civilization is ready to fall. But justice has only one chance: his discipline, his nerve, and his refusal to surrender ground to evil.

If you like relentless pacing, moral stakes, and uncompromising action, step into Aurelius and follow Tom Ironsides into the dark.

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