Цикл книг «Long War» — 6 книг

Platäa, 500 vor Christus. Der Bauernjunge Arimnestos will Bronzeschmied werden wie sein Vater. Da bricht zwischen seiner Heimat Platäa und dem erdrückenden Nachbarn Theben Krieg aus. Zum ersten Mal steht Arimnestos neben seinem Bruder und seinem Vater in einer Front. Zum ersten Mal schmeckt er den Sieg – und Blut. Aber er wird niedergeschlagen und erwacht in der Gefangenschaft.

Als Sklave verkauft, gerät er in die hohe Kultur der griechischen und persischen Welt. Doch die erwachende griechische Zivilisation stemmt sich dem etablierten persischen Reich entgegen, und erneut greift Arimnestos zur Waffe. Er sinnt auf Rache an demjenigen, der ihn einst auf dem Schlachtfeld verriet. Bald eilt dem jungen Soldaten ein Ruf voraus: Menschenschlächter nennt man ihn. Denn wie sein Held Achilles kennt Arimnestos keine Gnade, und er vergießt Blut, sehr viel Blut.

Platäa, 500 vor Christus. Der Bauernjunge Arimnestos will Bronzeschmied werden wie sein Vater. Da bricht zwischen seiner Heimat Platäa und dem erdrückenden Nachbarn Theben Krieg…

The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC was one of history's great turning points - the first time the Greeks managed to defeat the Persians in a pitched battle, it enabled the rise of classical Greek civilization. As John Stuart Mill famously put it, 'The Battle of Marathon, even as an event in British history, is more important than the Battle of Hastings.' Without it, the modern world as we know it would not exist. Christian Cameron's epic retelling of the battle will bring it alive, with all of its human drama and tragedy, as never before. The Greeks do not always behave well - in fact, many readers may come to see them as ignorant and bigoted as compared to the multi-cultural Persians, who for some, actually bring greater freedom - at least for a while. The heroic Militiades, who led the Greeks at Marathon and then died in exile, a ruined man, was a fatally flawed character. His opponent, The Persian King Darius, was guilty of vaulting ambition and hubris, but he combined it with personal integrity and vast generosity. And in the middle, torn between two cultures, one of which has already made him a slave, we find Arimnestos - ancestor of the Kineas of the Tyrant books - nicknamed 'Killer of Men', he will lead a decisive contingent of infantry in the thickest of the battle...

The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC was one of history's great turning points - the first time the Greeks managed to defeat the Persians in a pitched battle, it enabled the rise of…

Arimnestos of Plataea is a man who has seen and done things that most men only dream about. Sold into slavery as a boy, he fought his way to freedom - and then to everlasting fame at the Battle of Marathon where the Greeks crushed the invading Persians. Sometimes, however, a man's greatest triumph is followed by his greatest sorrow.Returning to his farm, Arimnestos finds that his wife Euphoria has died in childbirth, and in an instant his laurels turn to dust. But the gods are not finished with Arimnestos yet. With nothing left to live for, he throws himself from a cliff into the sea, only to be pulled by strong arms from death's embrace. When he awakes he finds himself chained to an oar in a Phoenician trireme. And so begins an epic journey that will take Arimnestos and a motley crew of fellow galley slaves to the limits of their courage and beyond the edge of the known world, in a quest for freedom, revenge - and a cargo so precious it is worth dying for.

Arimnestos of Plataea is a man who has seen and done things that most men only dream about. Sold into slavery as a boy, he fought his way to freedom - and then to everlasting fame…

The heroic story of Arimnestos of Plataea continues in this thrilling historical adventure set amidst the epic struggle between Greece and Persia—perfect for fans of the blockbusting film 300
Slave, pirate, husband, and lover: Arimnestos of Plataea has been many things in the course of his life. But men remember him best as one of the heroes of the Battle of Marathon, the epic victory that prevented all of Greece from falling under the Persian yoke. But now there is a new Great King on the throne, determined to succeed where his father failed. As rumors abound of a vast Persian invasion, an embassy is sent to forestall the threat. Arimnestos is chosen to escort them—an honor he can hardly refuse. But as the storm clouds of war gather and factions on both sides begin to weave their treacherous plots, Arimnestos' journey begins to look more and more like a suicide mission.

The heroic story of Arimnestos of Plataea continues in this thrilling historical adventure set amidst the epic struggle between Greece and Persia—perfect for fans of the…

Arimnestos of Plataea has already lived through several lifetimes' worth of adventure, from being a rich man's slave in Ephesus to winning glory at the battle of Marathon against the might of the Persian Empire. But the gods - and the Persians - aren't finished with him yet. As an experienced sea captain - his enemies might say pirate - he has a part to play in the final epic confrontation of the Long War between the Greeks and Persians, the Battle of Salamis. It is a battle where many debts of blood will be repaid, ancient grudges settled, fame won and treachery exposed, where the Greeks must finally bury their differences and fight as one - for against them Xerxes, the Great King, has assembled the greatest fleet the world has ever known, his sworn purpose to brutally extinguish the flame of freedom and make every Greek his slave.

Arimnestos of Plataea has already lived through several lifetimes' worth of adventure, from being a rich man's slave in Ephesus to winning glory at the battle of Marathon against…

Arimnestos of Plataea was one of the heroes of the Battle of Marathon, in which the heroic Greeks halted the invading Persians in their tracks, and fought in the equally celebrated naval battle at Salamis.

But even these stunning victories only served to buy the Greeks time, as the Persians gathered a new army, returning with overwhelming force to strike the final killing blow.

For the Greeks, divided and outnumbered, there was only one possible strategy: attack. And so, in the blazing summer of 479 BC, Arimnestos took up his spear one final time at the Battle of Plataea.

Arimnestos of Plataea was one of the heroes of the Battle of Marathon, in which the heroic Greeks halted the invading Persians in their tracks, and fought in the equally…