A Coin for the Ferryman: A Novel

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"Picture a beautiful young woman racing down the freeway in a classic red Corvette with a distrustful Julius Caesar riding shotgun...A wild ride from start to finish." Booklist Magazine

When 20-something Cassandra Fleury is invited to join an elite team of classicists and scientists to test new technology for dating ancient artifacts, she jumps at what appears to be the opportunity of a lifetime. But after signing a heavy-duty nondisclosure agreement, she learns the truth: the projects real mission is to transport Julius Caesar from a moment right before his death on the Ides of March, 44 B.C.E. to a lab in California, where hell stay for four days. Now everything makes sense. Cassandras good looks and experience as a cocktail waitress combined with her fluency in Latin make her an ideal interface between Caesar and the other members of the team.

A thrilling time travel adventure begins with Caesars arrival. Nothing goes as planned, resulting in excruciating ethical dilemmas, hilarious misinterpretations, a crazy road trip to Las Vegas, and an unlikely romance. Caesar returns to the Ides of March, but the world will never be the same.

Reviews

With its novel plot point being the temporal kidnapping of Caesar, A Coin for the Ferryman is an exciting and innovative thriller with a solid historical foundation.Erin Britton, San Francisco Book Review

The plot of A Coin for the Ferryman is a dream come true for fans of Roman history, but its much more. Its an effortlessly readable novel for fans of literary fiction, an erudite thought experiment for fans of anthropology, a pointed satire of office politics for fans of academia, and a welcome addition to the canon for fans of time travel.Arturo Serrano, Nerds of a Feather

The book felt like a love letter to the classics. It was beautifully written, and well-balanced between modern drama and affection for Rome.Jo Niederhoff, ManhattanBookReview

"Picture a beautiful young woman racing down the freeway in a classic red Corvette with a distrustful Julius Caesar riding shotgun...A wild ride from start to finish."Sarah Rice, Booklist Magazine

"A fun, thrilling and genre-bending novel. It was also thought-provoking and with the backdrop of Las Vegas it made the story even more of an exciting time travel romp.Stephanie, Bookfever.com

In lively style, Megan Edwards gets us turning pages.David Brin, best-selling author of Star Tide Rising, The Postman, and the Out of time series.

Megan Edwards has written a fine novel of ancient times, one that will entertain and inform, an important contributionand an attention-grabber.Selden Edwards, NY Times best-selling author of The Little Book and The Lost Prince

A Coin for the Ferryman retells the circumstances of Julius Caesars assassination in 44 B.C. with some highly entertaining twists and turns. This imaginative yarn has it all: time travel and Las Vegas, archaeological digs and billionaire poultry magnates, and a good portion of sex and skulduggery.Michael Maas, William Gaines Twyman Professor of History at Rice University, and author of Readings in Late Antiquity, The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian, and John Lydus and the Roman Past.

"This wildly imaginative journey from the era of Julius Caesar to late 1990s Las Vegas and Los Angeles offers a thrilling glimpse of time travel and its potential ramifications. The plot draws you in quickly, and the characters and detailed scenes keep you engaged throughout. A deeply enjoyable read."Heather Skyler, author of Vegas Girls and The Perfect Age

A highly entertaining story line, with compelling and colorful characters, time travel, chases, and Las Vegas. Any student of Classics who has ever visited Las Vegas has wondered about what itd be like for Julius Caesar to actually visit Caesars Palace. You know you want to know how that went, and it doesnt disappoint! Dawn Smith-Popielski, Recipient of the 2021 Keely Lake Advocacy Award from the American Classical League

In its diversity of settings and languages, its intelligent combination of experimental science with high culture, A Coin for the Ferryman creates a world in which Caesar emerges as a grand figure who is also a believably flesh-and-bone man, unperplexed by any adventure.W. Jeffrey Tatum, best-selling author of Always I Am Caesar, The Patrician Tribune, and Professor of Classics at The Victoria University of Wellington.


Megan Edwards Julius Caesar takes charge of the narrative from the moment he appears. Neither the big brains of Caltech nor the bright lights of Las Vegas intimidate him for an instant. Highly enjoyable!Greg Woolf, Ronald J Mellor Professor of Ancient History at UCLA, and author of Et tu Brut, The Life and Death of Ancient Cities, and Rome: An Empires Story.
A Coin for the Ferryman seamlessly weaves together a number of genres, including historical fiction, action/adventure, speculative fiction, and romance. I enjoyed the journey all the way from ancient Rome to modern-day America and back.Skylar Hamilton Burris, Editor, Ancient Paths Literary Magazine, and author of When the Heart Is Laid Bare and An Unlikely Missionary.

Megan Edwards masterfully combines her extensive knowledge of the classical world with her literary skills to produce an intriguing and compelling novel.Stephen L. Glass, Professor Emeritus of Classics and Classical Archaeology, Pitzer College

The skill with which she builds character, diverse places and times, and life stories entertains and instructs, in ironical concert with her detailed and daring fictions, her every account rings true.John B. Van Sickle, Professor of Classics & of Comparative Literature, City University of New York, Guggenheim fellow, and author of Virgils Book of Bucolics, the Ten Eclogues Translated into English Verse and The Design of Virgils Bucolics

A Coin for the Ferryman is the ideal summer read. It is peopled with an appealing, eclectic cast of characters, among them a Vegas call girl/Latinist, a Nobel laureate, a chicken tycoon, an ex-Jesuit priest, and a Costa Rican heiress, not to mention Julius Caesar himself. Megans fluid prose style make for such pleasurable reading that A Coin for the Ferryman, which at first glance appears might take the entire summer to read, comes to a satisfying end all too soon.Rebecca Lommel, Professor Emeritus in English Language, Southern Methodist University

A Coin for the Ferryman is a captivating read and powerful reminder that love, ambition, and family bonds transcend time.Amanda Skenandore, author of The Second Life of Mirielle West, The Undertakers Assistant, and Between Earth and Sky.


With an intriguing premise, an intricate plot involving the highest possible stakes, and a love story that breaks the bounds of time, A Coin for the Ferryman will engage the reader until the very end.Tracy Barrett, author of The Song of Orpheus, The Beast of Blackslope, and King of Ithaka


Edwards creates an authentic human being, (Julius Caesar), who quickly adapts to his new home and era, all the while using his brilliant tacticians mind to stay three steps ahead of his adversaries.Brian Rouff author of Dice Angel , and The House Always Wins

Often a nail bitercertainly a page turnerA Coin for the Ferryman is a fast-paced and engrossing journey pivoting on one of the most important events in Classical history."David Rivinus, author of Always Dreaming.

Weird science, romance, intrigue, car chases, road trips, chopper rides, and the unexpected vagaries of the heartthis ones got it all"Brett Riley, author of Comanche, Lord of Order, and Freaks

The mystery of a great figure with with modern characters is a true treat. I didnt want to put it down.Ellen Snortland, author of Beauty Bites Beast and The Safety Godmothers

Author Bio

Megan Edwards is the award-winning author of the Copper Black mystery series and Strings: A Love Story. Her travel memoir Roads from the Ashes: An Odyssey in Real Life on the Virtual Frontier chronicles her seven years on the road all over North America. A classics major in college, Edwards studied at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. She has lived and traveled extensively in Europe. Now at home in Las Vegas, Nevada, Edwards is working on her next Copper Black mystery.