Cameron Christian
Marathon
Marathon
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Description: Two and a half thousand years ago the Greeks and the Persians fought an epic battle to decide the future of the world. Arimnestos of Plataea grew up wanting to be a bronzesmith like his father. Then in the chaos of war he was taken to a city in the Persian empire and sold as a slave. To win his freedom he had to show that he could fight and kill. Now to preserve that freedom he must kill again. For the Persians are coming. A vast army sent by King Darius to put down the rebellious Greeks and burn the city of Athens to the ground. Standing against them on the plain of Marathon is a much smaller force of Athenians alongside their Plataean allies. To defeat such overwhelming force seems impossible. And yet to yield would mean the destruction of everything the Greeks have dreamed of. In the dust and heat of Marathon in the clash of shields and the rush of spears amid the thunder of hooves and the screams of the dying those dreams will undergo their fiercest test - and Arimnestos and his Greek comrades will discover the true price of freedom.
Title: Marathon
Author(s): Cameron Christian
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Barcode: 9781409118060
Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Date: 5/15/2012
Series: The Long War
Category: Historical Fiction
Description: Two and a half thousand years ago the Greeks and the Persians fought an epic battle to decide the future of the world. Arimnestos of Plataea grew up wanting to be a bronzesmith like his father. Then in the chaos of war he was taken to a city in the Persian empire and sold as a slave. To win his freedom he had to show that he could fight and kill. Now to preserve that freedom he must kill again. For the Persians are coming. A vast army sent by King Darius to put down the rebellious Greeks and burn the city of Athens to the ground. Standing against them on the plain of Marathon is a much smaller force of Athenians alongside their Plataean allies. To defeat such overwhelming force seems impossible. And yet to yield would mean the destruction of everything the Greeks have dreamed of. In the dust and heat of Marathon in the clash of shields and the rush of spears amid the thunder of hooves and the screams of the dying those dreams will undergo their fiercest test - and Arimnestos and his Greek comrades will discover the true price of freedom.
Title: Marathon
Author(s): Cameron Christian
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Barcode: 9781409118060
Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Date: 5/15/2012
Series: The Long War
Category: Historical Fiction
