– a maiden being trained on Avalon Hrodlind – Helena's German maid Katiya – a priestess of Bast in Londinium Lactantius – a rhetorician and Christian apologist, tutor to Crispus Lucius Viducius - a pottery merchant trading between Gallia and Eburacum Macarius - Bishop of Jerusalem Marcia - midwife who delivers Constantine Martha - a Syrian slave, healed by Helena Maxentius - son of Maximian, Augustus in Italy and North Africa Minervina - Constantine's Syrian concubine, mother of Crispus Philip - Constantine's Servant Quintillus - brother of the Emperor Claudius II, Constantius's great uncle Rain - High Priestess of Avalon, Helena's mother Severus - Caesar appointed by Galerius, executed by Maximian Sian - daughter of Ganeda, mother of Dierna and Becca Suona - a young priestess of Avalon Victorinus - rebel Emperor in the West, AD 268-70 Vitellia - a Christian matron living in Londinium Wren - a maiden being trained on Avalon Release details 2000, UK, Voyager , Pub date 6 November 2000, hardback (First edition) 2001, USA, Viking Books , Pub date ? May 2001, hardback 2001, USA, Penguin Group , Pub date ? May 2001, audio cassette 2001, UK, Voyager , Pub date 21 May 2001, paperback 2002, USA, Roc , Pub date ? July 2002, paperback Reception Publishers Weekly praised the novel, and wrote that "Paxson's own skill at bringing historical characters and places to vivid life enriches Helena's story. This final book in the Bradley canon is sure to please her devotees and win her more." References Sources 2000 American novels 2000 fantasy novels American fantasy novels American historical novels Avalon Series Voyager Books books Collaborative novels Modern Arthurian fiction Novels by Marion Zimmer Bradley Novels published posthumously Helena, mother of Constantine I