David Mather

The Celtic army receive a thousand pounds in weight of gold in payment for abandoning their capture of Rome. They accept the huge payment and head home. The Chieftain, Brennus, traverses back through the Alps whilst our Silurian warriors head west to the port of Civita Vecchia in search of a sea passage to return to their homeland. During this voyage, they meet a salt trader from Hallstatt who owns several salt mines. However, the bronze tools his men are using are failing and he needs to find stronger and more robust tools to access the untapped mountains of salt that lie deeper underground.Their vessel is attacked whilst crossing the sea by a Carthaginian warship. During this skirmish, the salt trader witnesses the shattering of the Carthaginian leader's bronze sword by the Celt's weapon - a sword that he later discovers was made from iron. This new metal could be the answer he has been looking for in his quest to fabricate stronger tools. The battle sees our Celtic hero Arenwen making a new enemy, one who will follow him through the Pillars of Hercules, desperate for revenge. The adventure sees them putting to many ports to re-stock their supplies where they discover new and ancient lands where they enlist the tribes to help them along their journey.Our heroes return to their home town of Pont-y-ty-pridd where they manufacture iron tools and weapons for the salt trader - the man who trades in white gold.

Book 2 of the Iron Sword Series

Empire of White Gold

Much has been written about the so called 'barbarian' invasion between 300 and 500 AD that ultimately led to the Fall of the Roman Empire. Long before this, twelve thousand Celts crossed the Alps looking to conquer new lands. After treachery and murder, Rome dispatched four of her legions - twenty four thousand men - to confront the invaders on the 18th July 390BC. The battle took place next to a small river called Allia. This book follows both sides, the perilous journey the Celts made to get there and what the Romans did to provoke them in to battle. The story is set towards the end of the Bronze Age, so when a new stronger and lighter metal has been discovered men are prepared to steal and kill to possess the knowledge of how to make iron. We follow the son of one of the Romans sent to negotiate peace, and the small band of warriors, a druid and a necromancer sent by the Celts to pave the way for the main army.

The Iron Sword Series

Rome Falls

Rebecca Uchill

Caroline A. Jones

Experience offers a reading experience like no other. A heat-sensitive cover by Olafur Eliasson reveals words, colors, and a drawing when touched by human hands. Endpapers designed by Carsten H�ller are printed in ink containing carefully calibrated quantities of the synthesized human pheromones estratetraenol and androstadienone, evoking the suggestibility of human desire. The margins and edges of the book are designed by Tauba Auerbach in complementary colors that create a dynamically shifting effect when the book is shifted or closed. When the book is opened, bookmarks cascade from the center, emerging from spider web prints by Tom�s Saraceno. Experience produces experience while bringing the concept itself into relief as an object of contemplation. The sensory experience of the book as a physical object resonates with the intellectual experience of the book as a container of ideas. Experience convenes a conversation with artists, musicians, philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and neuroscientists, each of whom explores aspects of sensorial and cultural realms of experience. The texts include new essays written for this volume and classic texts by such figures as William James and Michel Foucault. The first publication from MIT's Center for Art, Science, & Technology, Experience approaches its subject through multiple modes. Publication design by Kimberly Varella with Becca Lofchie, Content Object Design Studio. ContributorsTauba Auerbach, Bevil Conway, John Dewey, Olafur Eliasson, Michel Foucault, Adam Frank, Vittorio Gallese, Ren�e Green, Stefan Helmreich, Carsten H�ller, Edmund Husserl, William James, Caroline A. Jones, Douglas Kahn, Brian Kane, Leah Kelly, Bruno Latour, Alvin Lucier, David Mather, Mara Mills, Alva No�, Jacques Ranci�re, Michael Rossi, Tom�s Saraceno, Natasha Sch�ll, Joan W.Scott, Tino Sehgal, Alma Steingart, Josh Tenenbaum, Rebecca Uchill

David Mather

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