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Killer of Men
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Killer of Men
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Christian Cameron
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Series | The Long War |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:496 | Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 130 |
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Category/Genre | Historical fiction |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780752883939
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Classifications | Dewey:813.6 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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Imprint |
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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Publication Date |
26 May 2011 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing in the battle line, he shares in a famous and unlikely victory. But after being knocked unconscious in the melee, he awakes not a hero, but a slave. Betrayed by his jealous and cowardly cousin, the freedom he fought for has now vanished and he becomes the property of a rich citizen of Ephesus. So begins an epic journey from slavery that takes the young Arimnestos through a world poised on the brink of an epic confrontation, as the emerging civilisation of the Greeks starts to flex its muscles against the established empire of the Persians. As he tries to make his fortune and 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.'
Author Biography
Christian Cameron is a former US Naval Intelligence officer and the co-author, with his father, Ken Cameron, of the acclaimed Gordon Kent military thriller series, as well as Washington and Caesar, a novel of the American Revolution. He lives with his family in Toronto.
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