ALSO BY STEVEN SAYLOR
Empire: The Novel of Imperial Rome
Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome
A Twist at the End: A Novel of O. Henry
Have You Seen Dawn?
ROMA SUB ROSA®
CONSISTING OF:
Roman Blood
The House of the Vestals
A Gladiator Dies Only Once
Arms of Nemesis
Catilina’s Riddle
The Venus Throw
A Murder on the Appian Way
Rubicon
Last Seen in Massilia
A Mist of Prophecies
The Judgment of Caesar
The Triumph of Caesar
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Steven Saylor is the author of the New York Times bestselling Roma and its sequel, Empire, as well as the previous books in the long-running Roma Sub Rosa series featuring Gordianus the Finder. Saylor’s books have been published around the world in twenty-one languages. He divides his time between Berkeley, California, and Austin, Texas. Visit the author’s Web site at www.stevensaylor.com.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE SEVEN WONDERS. Copyright © 2012 by Steven Saylor. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Some chapters of this novel, in slightly different form, were first published as short stories in the following magazines and anthologies (listed by publication date): “The Monumental Gaul” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, August 2011; “The Witch’s Curse” (as “The Witch of Corinth”) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2011; “Something to Do with Diana” in The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction, edited by Mike Ashley (London: Constable & Robinson, August 2011; Philadelphia: Running Press, September 2011); “Styx and Stones” in Down These Strange Streets, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (New York: Penguin, November 2011); “The Widows of Halicarnassus” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2012; “O Tempora! O Mores! Olympiad!” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2012; “The Return of the Mummy” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, June 2012.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Saylor, Steven, 1956–
The seven wonders : a novel of the ancient world / Steven Saylor.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-312-35984-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-0196-7 (e-book)
1. Gordianus the Finder (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Rome—History—Republic, 265–30 B.C.—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3569.A96S48 2012
813'.54—dc23
2012005475
e-ISBN 9781466801967
First Edition: June 2012
