In the epic clash of Greece & Persia a hero is forged
- a monumental novel from the author of the Tyrant series Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea & their overbearing neighbours Thebes Standing in the battle line for the first time alongside his father & brother he shares in a famous & unlikely victory But after being knocked unconscious in the melee he awakes not a hero but a slave Betrayed by his jealous & cowardly cousin the freedom he fought for has now vanished & he becomes the property of a rich citizen So begins an epic journey out of slavery that takes the young Arimnestos through a world poised on the brink of an epic confrontation as the emerging civilization of the Greeks starts to flex its muscles against the established empire of the Persians As he tries to make his fortune & revenge himself on the man who disinherited him Arimnestos discovers that he has a talent that pays well in this new violent world
- for like his hero Achilles he is 'a killer of men'