Books with author Steven V Taylor

"Saylor rivals Robert Graves in his knack for making the classical world come alive." --(ortland) Oregonian"Engrossing...Ironic and satisfying." -- San Francisco ChronicleThe third in Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa novels featuring Gordianus the Finder. Gordianus, disillusioned by the corruption of Rome circa 63 B.C., has fled the city with his family to live on a farm in the Etruscan countryside. But this bucolic life is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians: Roman consul Cicero, Gordianus's longtime patron, and populist senator Catilina, Cicero's political rival and a candidate to replace him in the annual elections for consul. Claiming that Catilina plans an uprising if he loses the race, Cicero asks Gordianus to keep a watchful eye on the radical. Although he distrusts both men, Gordianus is forced into the center of the power struggle when his six-year-old daughter Diana finds a headless corpse in their stable. Shrewdly depicting deadly political maneuverings, this addictive mystery also displays the author's firm grasp of history and human character. On first publication back in 1994, Catilina's Riddle was a finalist for the Hammet Award.

The hideously disfigured body was found in the atrium. The only clues are a blood-soaked cloak, and, carved into the stone at the corpse's feet, the word Sparta. The murdered man was the overseer of Marcus Crassus's estate, apparently killed by two runaway slaves bent on joining Spartacus's revolt. In response to the murder, the wealthy, powerful Crassus vows to honor an ancient law and kill his ninety-nine remaining slaves in three days. Now Gordianus the Finder has been summoned from Rome by a mysterious client to find out the truth about the murder before the three days are up. Enmeshed in a world of desperate slaves and duplicitous masters, extravagant feasts and sordid secrets, Gordianus must risk all he loves, including his life, to stop a senseless slaughter-and save the very future of Rome itself.

The hideously disfigured body was found in the atrium. The only clues are a blood-soaked cloak, and, carved into the stone at the corpse's feet, the word Sparta. The murdered man was the overseer of Marcus Crassus's estate, apparently killed by two runaway slaves bent on joining Spartacus's revolt. In response to the murder, the wealthy, powerful Crassus vows to honor an ancient law and kill his ninety-nine remaining slaves in three days. Now Gordianus the Finder has been summoned from Rome by a mysterious client to find out the truth about the murder before the three days are up. Enmeshed in a world of desperate slaves and duplicitous masters, extravagant feasts and sordid secrets, Gordianus must risk all he loves, including his life, to stop a senseless slaughter-and save the very future of Rome itself.

"Saylor rivals Robert Graves in his knack for making the classical world come alive." --(ortland) Oregonian"Engrossing...Ironic and satisfying." -- San Francisco ChronicleThe third in Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa novels featuring Gordianus the Finder. Gordianus, disillusioned by the corruption of Rome circa 63 B.C., has fled the city with his family to live on a farm in the Etruscan countryside. But this bucolic life is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians: Roman consul Cicero, Gordianus's longtime patron, and populist senator Catilina, Cicero's political rival and a candidate to replace him in the annual elections for consul. Claiming that Catilina plans an uprising if he loses the race, Cicero asks Gordianus to keep a watchful eye on the radical. Although he distrusts both men, Gordianus is forced into the center of the power struggle when his six-year-old daughter Diana finds a headless corpse in their stable. Shrewdly depicting deadly political maneuverings, this addictive mystery also displays the author's firm grasp of history and human character. On first publication back in 1994, Catilina's Riddle was a finalist for the Hammet Award.

The stories in “I Thought He Would Be In Jail” are the true life adventures of a mischievous hyperactive boy who became a prank-playing jet age pilot instead. Growing up inthe 1940s and ‘50s, Steve Taylor created trouble everywhere he went. He skipped school for weeks at a time but never took a day off from walking on the edge.Some tales tug at your heart, some make you laugh, and some will show the upside of benign neglect. All will entertain you with the magic of mid-20th century small town life in the South Carolina Lowcountry

(Lillenas Publications). 50 great songs for solo performance or an SATB ensemble, arranged specifically for youth by Steven V. Taylor. Spiral-bound. Contents: Be Bold, Be Strong * Be the One * Beyond Belief * Cares Chorus * Carry the Light * Clap Your Hands * Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened * For the Sake of the Call * From the Rising of the Sun * God Is Gonna Finish Just What He Started * Great Is the Lord * Hallowed Be Thy Name * He Is Here * Heaven Is in My Heart * His Strength Is Perfect * Holy Ground * Hope Set High * Hosanna * I Give All to You * I Humble Myself Before You * I Love You, O My Lord * I Want to Be a History Maker * I Will Call upon the Lord * I Will Rejoice * I'm Prayin' for You * I've Got Something to Say * If God Is for Us * In the Presence of a Holy God * Jesus Is the Rock * King Jesus Is All * Lead the Way * Lean on Me * Let Me Love You * Lord, Be Glorified * Lord of All * Lifting Up My Voice * May Your Presence Purify My Heart * My Turn Now * Only You * Place in This World * Seek Ye First * Shine, Jesus, Shine * Shine Out the Light * Sing, Shout, Clap * Spring up, O Well * Step by Step * The Trees of the Field * Victory Chant * We Are the Light * We Will Wait

"Entertaining...Saylor's sense of style and elegantly witty writing make the most of this genre transference."THE BOSTON GLOBESouth of Rome on the Gulf of Puteoli stands the splendid villa of Marcus Crassus, Rome's wealthiest citizen. When the estate overseer is murdered, Crassus concludes that the deed was done by two missing slaves, who have probably run off to join the Spartacan Slave Revolt. Unless they are found within five days, Crassus vows to massacre his remaining ninety-nine slaves.To Gordianus the Finder falls the fateful task of resolving this riddle from Hades. In a house filled with secrets, the truth is slow to emerge. And as the hour of the massacre approaches, Gordianus realizes that the labyrinthine path he has chosen just may lead to his own destruction...AN ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB

When an elf stows away on Santa's sleigh, he is accidentally left behind at someone's house. But was it an accident? Maybe Santa is so clever, he found a way to turn the littlest elf into the biggest helper ever! The hearts of both children and adults alike will be warmed by this charming story about a little elf who finds his place in the world, and makes a couple with a special need very, very happy. It is told with rhythm and rhyme, and delightful illustrations on almost every page.