Welcome to Egretia!

Home of Stories of Togas, Daggers, and Magic and the Unusual Crimes Squad series!

Welcome to the writings of Assaph Mehr, a unique combination of urban-fantasy, detective mysteries, and historical fiction. Usually all three at once!

Togas, Daggers, and Magic

Felix is a detective, specialising in the weird. While the world of Egretia borrows heavily on cultural elements from over a thousand years of Roman history, it is mixed with a judicious amount of magic, for a unique and rich fantasy setting.

These novels and free short stories were born out of the dual love for ancient Rome and for hard-boiled detectives. Felix is an irreverent rascal, dealing with the shady elements of society in his efforts to make ends meet. Sometimes, his fast mouth gets him in over his head…

These historical-fantasy-mystery novels are for lovers of Ancient Rome, Urban Fantasy, and Murder Mysteries!

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Unusual Crimes Squad

Meet Detective Inspector Jacob “Jack” Finkel, of the Unusual Crimes Squad. Set in modern day Australia (Sydney for the short stories about his early career, Tasmania for the novels), Jack works for the police solving all sorts of odd crimes that involve the supernatural elements of society.

It’s not as glamorous as you might think. The metamundane — those things outside the normal human experience — are rather commonplace. As Jack says, “If it exists someone will try to use it to exploit others. That’s when I come in.”

A unique urban-fantasy police-procedural set in modern day Australia, drawing on folklore, legends, and history!

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“Assaph Mehr’s Egretia is Rome as the Romans themselves imagined it to be.” ★★★★★
Harry Turtledove, NYT best-selling author and Grandmaster of Alternate History

“Mehr creates a vivid cast and an equally vivid setting in which magic just seems to fit in perfectly.” ★★★★★
Richard A. Knaak, NYT best-selling author of Drangonlance: Legends of Huma

“Mehr’s imagined world based on ancient Rome feels at once familiar and dreamlike.” ★★★★★
Ruth Downie, author of the NYT best-selling Medicus series of Roman mysteries

“Hardcore Historical Fantasy – Felix the Fox is Sherlock Holmes in Ancient Times” ★★★★★
Jonathan Maas, author of City of Gods – Hellenica