Book one of four in Stephen Baxter

Stephen Baxter

Stephen Baxter is a prolific British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.- Writing style :...

's alternate history and science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 series Time's Tapestry

Time's Tapestry

Time's Tapestry is a four-volume alternate history and science fiction series by British author Stephen Baxter. The four novels are Emperor, Conqueror, Navigator, and Weaver....

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Synopsis

A mysterious prophecy from the future shapes the destiny of a family through four centuries of the Roman occupation of Britain. Begins in 4 BC and incorporates such later events as the building of Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall was a defensive fortification in Roman Britain. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was the first of two fortifications built across Great Britain, the second being the Antonine Wall, lesser known of the two because its physical remains are less evident today.The...

 and an attempted assassination of Constantine I. Ends in AD 418.

See also

• Conqueror (Stephen Baxter)
  Conqueror (Stephen Baxter)
  Book two of four in Stephen Baxter's alternate history and science fiction series Time's Tapestry.- See also :*Emperor *Navigator *Weaver...
  
  
• Navigator (Stephen Baxter)
  Navigator (Stephen Baxter)
  Book three of four in Stephen Baxter's alternate history and science fiction series Time's Tapestry.- See also :*Emperor *Conqueror *Weaver...
  
  
• Weaver (Stephen Baxter)
  Weaver (Stephen Baxter)
  Weaver is an alternate history and science fiction work authored by Stephen Baxter. It is the fourth and final novel in his Time's Tapestry quartet, which deals with psionic broadcast of history-altering content within trans-temporal lucid dreams....