Tyrant: King of the Bosporus

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They were born in the middle of a battle, into a world at war. And from their first moments of life, twins Satyrus and Melitta were fighting for survival. Their father, a Greek mercenary, was cut down not long after they had taken their first breaths; their Scythian mother was cruelly murdered when they were still children. But Satyrus and Melitta are children no more. They have learned how to fight, how to love, how to plot and how to kill. Now it is time to leave their adopted home, the city of Alexandria and the protection of Alexander the Great's former general, Ptolemy - and seek revenge. Now it is time to go to war...

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.

A sweeping, deeply moving epic that takes the reader into the heart of a different time and culture--HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW Cameron's gift is for spinning out a rich setting through his obvious devotion to Classics... plus, Cameron's ability to conjure up what Homer called the battle haze might make the ancient bard proud--BOSTON GLOBE & MAIL Engrossing... a sword-slash above the rest of its ilk--IRISH EXAMINER