# Roxana Arama: thriller meets speculative fiction

> Welcome to the official site of Roxana Arama, award\-winning Romanian American author of thrillers, sci\-fi, and historical fantasy\. Discover her books, read exclusive content, join her ARC team, and explore the creative journey behind The Regolith Temple, The Exiled Queen, and Extreme Vetting\.

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## Pages
- [Home](https://roxanaarama.com/): Welcome to the official site of Roxana Arama, award\-winning Romanian American author of thrillers, sci\-fi, and historical fantasy\. Discover her books, read exclusive content, join her ARC team, and explore the creative journey behind The Regolith Temple, The Exiled Queen, and Extreme Vetting\.
- [About](https://roxanaarama.com/contact/): Award\-winning Romanian American author Roxana Arama writes gripping thrillers, sci\-fi adventures, and historical fantasy\. Discover her novels The Regolith Temple, The Exiled Queen, and Extreme Vetting, plus short stories, essays, and exclusive resources\. Based in Seattle\. Learn more and get in touch at roxanaarama\.com\.
- [Sign up for my newsletter](https://roxanaarama.com/newsletter/): Subscribe to Roxana Arama’s newsletter and get a free copy of For My Readers, featuring exclusive prologues to The Regolith Temple and The Exiled Queen, plus three short stories\. Stay updated on book releases, giveaways, writing insights, and more—delivered straight to your inbox\.
- [Audiobooks](https://roxanaarama.com/audiobooks/): A list of Roxana Arama's audiobooks: The Regolith Temple, The Exiled Queen, and Extreme Vetting\. 
- [Privacy Policy](https://roxanaarama.com/privacy-policy/): Learn how Roxana Arama’s website collects, uses, and protects your personal information\. This privacy policy outlines data practices for newsletter subscriptions, contact forms, and site interactions, ensuring transparency and user trust\.

## Posts
- [Why Vikings is \(probably\) my favorite TV show](https://roxanaarama.com/2026/05/25/why-vikings-is-probably-my-favorite-tv-show/): My work draws power from books such as The Evolution of God and The Pillars of the Earth, and the Vikings TV series\. Here's why I admire them and why they matter to my worldbuilding\.
- [I would’ve drowned in Round One](https://roxanaarama.com/2026/07/07/i-wouldve-drowned-in-round-one/): If I recall correctly, I've written only three poems in my life, and each one of them has a story worth telling\. The second poem is trying to answer the question: What do history and the ocean have in common?
- [What on earth is an HCP?](https://roxanaarama.com/2026/06/15/what-on-earth-is-an-hcp/): Whenever I puzzle over something in my life, I often end up understanding the characters I write in my stories a little better too\. A conversation with a friend helped me see that connection last year, when I learned about high\-conflict personalities\.
- [Are we prisoners of our geography?](https://roxanaarama.com/2026/02/09/are-we-prisoners-of-our-geography/): Tim Marshall’s Prisoners of Geography argues that mountains, rivers, and coastlines shape nations far more than ideology or intention\. The maps in this book explain so much about the world we live in but also make me wonder how much room is left for self\-determination\.
- [Have you heard of Zalmoxis?](https://roxanaarama.com/2026/04/15/have-you-heard-of-zalmoxis/): Most Romanians know this name\. It's mentioned in school textbooks and historical documentaries, and it appears on souvenirs sold at tourist attractions, yet it’s tricky to figure out who exactly it refers to\. Was Zalmoxis an ancient Dacian king? A god? A philosopher? A priest?

## Books \& Magazines
- [The Regolith Temple: A Sci\-Fi Thriller](https://roxanaarama.com/books/the-regolith-temple/): The Regolith Temple by Roxana Arama is a gritty science fiction thriller in the Delight of Humans and Gods series\.
- [The Exiled Queen: A Roman Era Historical Fantasy](https://roxanaarama.com/books/the-exiled-queen/): The Exiled Queen by Roxana Arama is a Roman Era gritty and grounded historical fantasy in the Delight of Humans and Gods series\.
- [The Odin Chronicles](https://roxanaarama.com/books/the-odin-chronicles/): A shared world of science fiction adventure featuring 30 stories set on Odin III, a grubby little mining world on the dark and dusty backside of the galaxy\.
- [Dawn of Time](https://roxanaarama.com/books/dawn-of-time/): A 10\-episode science fiction adventure about Dawn Anderson, a high schooler with a time machine in 3204\.
- [Extreme Vetting: A Thriller](https://roxanaarama.com/books/extreme-vetting/): Extreme Vetting by Roxana Arama is an immigration thriller set in Seattle, Washington, whose protagonist is a lawyer and an immigrant\.

## Short Stories
- [Roxana Arama](https://roxanaarama.com/short_stories/roxana-arama-authors-answer/)
- [Q\&A with Roxana Arama](https://roxanaarama.com/short_stories/author-qa/)
- [How Writing about Immigration Helped Me Find Home](https://roxanaarama.com/short_stories/how-writing-immigration-helped-me-find-home/)
- [Introducing Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWA](https://roxanaarama.com/short_stories/introducing-planetside-the-online-magazine-of-sfwa/)
- [IndieView with Roxana Arama, author of Extreme Vetting](https://roxanaarama.com/short_stories/indieview-with-roxana-arama-author-of-extreme-vetting/)

## Categories
- [Our Borders](https://roxanaarama.com/category/our-borders/)
- [Research Trivia](https://roxanaarama.com/category/research-trivia/)
- [Story Time](https://roxanaarama.com/category/story-time/)
- [Postcards](https://roxanaarama.com/category/postcards/)

## Series
- [Standalones](https://roxanaarama.com/series/standalones/)
- [Delight of Humans and Gods](https://roxanaarama.com/series/delight-of-humans-and-gods/)
- [Magazines](https://roxanaarama.com/series/magazines/)

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