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Tyrant

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This is a great read! If you loved the historical detail and feeling of Pressfield's "Gates of Fire" or the adventures of Cornwell's Sharpe series, then this book is for you. As well, Cameron's characters are engaging and the setting is brilliant. A company of Alexander's cavalry veterans, led by their captain, Kineas, are hired to help defend the 4th c. bc. Greek colony of Olbis on the Black Sea. The city borders on the lands of the Scythian horse-lords, renowned as matchless warriors. Together, they form an alliance to oppose an invasion by the Macedonian juggernaut. If you love historical fiction that transports you to a different place and time, then this is definitely a series to look out for.

Got ahold of a British copy (not released here yet) - As with my previous fave by this author (_Washington and Caesar_) love the campaign feel of the story - the telling little details and the companionable interrelationships between leader and follower. The writing is fast paced and easy to gulp down. I am not particularly knowledgeable about the period, but was fascinated by the many references and the interplay of cultures. Loved the Scythians and the Spartan Philokles too. I really prefer books like this to have a glossary of names and pronunciations. Was a little disappointed that one of the relationships did not more explicitly (wink wink) resolve itself at the end, but the flyleaf says that a second book is coming!!