Doherty Gordon - Strategos: Born In The Borderlands A Thrilling Byzantine Adventure - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A great story Doherty's writing is evocative providing richly detailed scenes of life in medieval Byzantium World History Encyclopedia Tragedy broke him. Revenge will remake him. AD 1046. The Byzantine Empire teeters on the brink of full - blown war with the mighty Seljuk Sultanate. The two great powers vie to control Anatolia a land of strife riven with bloodshed and doubt. Young Apion's life is shattered one night when his family is murdered during a brutal Seljuk raid. Left for dead in his burning home then rescued but only to be sold into slavery it seems that he is destined for a cruel life. Until a benevolent Seljuk farmer Mansur offers him a second chance at happiness. Yet despite his new life of pastoral harmony on Mansur's border farm a hunger for revenge burns in Apion's soul. Then a fateful encounter draws him down a dark path that leads him right into the heart of a conflict that will echo through the ages The gripping first novel in the Strategos series perfect for fans of S. J. A. Turney and Simon Scarrow.
Title: Strategos: Born In The Borderlands A Thrilling Byzantine Adventure
Author(s): Doherty Gordon
Publisher: Canelo
Barcode: 9781804360439
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 11/14/2022
Series: Strategos
Category: Historical Fiction