Christian Cameron

Sexta entrega de la saga «Tirano». Están listos para los últimos y sangrientos movimientos en las batallas, Sátiro y Melito se juegan su reino en el mar Negro, pero también su vida. El descomunal y m

Arimnestos of Plataea is a man who has seen and done things that most men only dream about. Sold into slavery as a boy, he fought his way to freedom - and then to everlasting fame: standing alongside the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon where the Greeks crushed the invading Persians.Sometimes, however, a man''s greatest triumph is followed by his greatest sorrow. Returning to his farm, Arimnestos finds that his wife Euphoria has died in childbirth, and in an instant his laurels turn to dust. But the gods are not finished with Arimnestos yet. With nothing left to live for, he throws himself from a cliff into the sea, only to be pulled by strong arms from death''s embrace. When he awakes, he finds himself chained to an oar in a Phoenician trireme.And so begins an epic journey that will take Arimnestos and a motley crew of fellow galley slaves to the limits of their courage, and beyond the edge of the known world, in a quest for freedom, revenge - and a cargo so precious it''s worth dying for.

Hace dos mil años los griegos y los persas se enfrentaron en una épica batalla que decidirá el futuro del mundo.Hace mucho tiempo que vencedores y vencidos se convirtieron en polvo, pero aún puede oírse el eco de un tremendo choque de civilizaciones.La batalla mas famosa de la historia esta a punto de comenzar...

Ruler. Puppet Master. Killer.Glory. Death. Well-born Athenian cavalry officer, Kineas, fought shoulder to shoulder with Alexander in his epic battles against the Persian hordes. But on his return from the east to his native city, he finds not glory but shame - and exile.With nothing to his name but his military skills, Kineas agrees to lead a band of veterans to the city of Olbia, where the Tyrant is offering good money to train the citys elite cavalry. But soon Kineas and his men find they have stumbled into a deadly maze of intrigue and conspiracy as the Tyrant plots to use them as pawns in the increasingly complex power games between his own citizens, and the dread military might of Macedon.Caught between his duty to the Tyrant, his loyalty to his men and a forbidden love affair with a charismatic Scythian noblewoman, Kineas must call on all his Athenian guile, his flair on the battlefield, and even - he is convinced - the intervention of the gods, to survive.

This novel in the scintillating Tyrant series brings the epic siege of Rhodes in 306 BC to spectacular life.The death of Alexander the Great was the signal to begin the greatest war in human history - a war that swept like a firestorm from one end of the known world to the other, as his former generals fought like jackals to make his vast empire their own.By 305 BC, the most powerful players in this deadly game faced each other across the Mediterranean: Ptolemy, the master of Egypt, and Antigonus One-Eye, master of Asia. And between them, the island of Rhodes, a strategic fortress city that neither could afford to cede to the enemy.But trapped in the city was one man with the courage and determination to save it from destruction. A man who, surrounded by his closest friends and the woman he loved, simply could not afford to fail. A man called Satyrus.

The triumphant final volume in the epic series - a series of monumental battles, fascinating history and action-packed adventure.The vast and deadly conflict between Alexander the Greats former generals as they battle for control of his empire has reached a tense stalemate. No one seems able to strike the decisive blow.But with everything in the balance, a secret emerges: hidden in the remote mountains is a young man who could change everything: Herakles, the son of Alexander.Whoever aspires to Alexanders mantle must now control his one legitimate heir - or destroy him - and a war being played across the known world is set for its final, bloody conclusion. As the rival armies converge on the village of Ipsus, twin monarchs Satyrus and Melitta know that they too must gamble their own lives and the survival of their Black Sea kingdom on the outcome...

The heroic story of Arimnestos of Plataea continues - a thrilling historical adventure set amid the epic struggle between Greece and Persia - perfect for fans of the blockbusting film 300.Slave, pirate, husband and lover: Arimnestos of Plataea has been many things in the course of his life. But men remember him best as one of the heroes of the Battle of Marathon, the epic victory that prevented all of Greece from falling under the Persian yoke. But now there is a new Great King on the throne, determined to succeed where his father failed. As rumours abound of a vast Persian invasion, an embassy is sent to forestall the threat. Arimnestos is chosen to escort them - an honour he can hardly refuse. But as the storm clouds of war gather and factions on both sides begin to weave their treacherous plots, Arimnestos journey begins to look more and more like a suicide mission.

Following on from Tom Swan and the Head of St George and Tom Swan and the Siege of Belgrade, Tom Swan and the Last Spartans is the third instalment of the fast-paced series set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth century. This eBook contains the full story - parts one through five - of this fantastic historical adventure.Fifteenth Century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. Hes really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didnt mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.

The complete collection of Tom Swan and the Head of St George - containing parts one through six - chronicling the adventures of a young Englishman across medieval France.1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who have taken him captive.Hes not a professional soldier. Hes really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didnt mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.

Un valeroso guerrero, con cualidades humanas que le hacen más moderno e interesante, lidera una compañía de mercenarios de diversas procedencias que enriquecen la aventura. Un relato de tensión constante, que revela habilmente el ambito magico y mitologico de la Grecia antigua, con la vision existencialista y de dilemas eticos propios de la modernidad.Enviado al exilio tras servir a las ordenes de Alejandro de Macedonia, Kineas se ve obligado a marchar a Olbia, ciudad cuyo tirano ofrece dinero a quien pueda entrenar su ejercito de elite. Enfrentandose a las profecias de un vidente escita y al mortal amor de una guerrera deslumbrante, Kineas tendra que batirse, mano a mano con sus hombres, contra la cruel maquinaria de Alejandro en una batalla que podria acarrearle la muerte.

STORM OF ARROWS is a thrilling historical adventure that follows the fortunes of Kineas, Srayanka and the other memorable characters introduced in TYRANT. For fans of Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell, Robert Harris and Stephen Pressfield

An action-packed tale of betrayal and revenge set amid the war between Alexander the Greats generals and climaxing in the most spectacular battle of the ancient world.Satyrus and Melitta, twin heirs to a rich kingdom on the Black Sea, become desperate fugitives when their mother, the Scythian warrior-princess Srayanka, is cut down in a savage act of betrayal. Accompanied by their tutor, the Spartan Philokles, they must make a perilous journey west, pursued by ruthless assassins, to find sanctuary with the army of their fathers closest friend, Diodorus. But Diodorus is caught up in the tangled web of alliances, betrayals and intrigue that followed Alexander the Greats death, as his generals fought over the huge empire he had created - and soon the twins will have their first taste of real battle as two Macedonian warlords clash. In this violent and unstable world, they must choose sides carefully, as Antigonus One-Eye, and his brilliant son Demetrius, prepare to take on the might of Ptolemys Egypt, and the forces gather for the biggest and most spectacular battle the world had ever seen - Gaza.

The stunning sequel to Christian Camerons epic TYRANT.Kineas, the Athenian cavalry commander, has come a long way since being dismissed from the army of Alexander and vengefully exiled by his own city. Together, his mercenary force and their Scythian allies have defeated a mighty Macedonian army at the Ford of the River God, and his adopted city of Olbia is now free once more. But his destiny will not allow him to enjoy the fruits of victory for long. Far to the east, at the farthest edge of the Sea of Grass, Alexander is threatening to crush the Scythian hordes once and for all. The Lady Srayanka of the Cruel Hands, the Scythian warrior-princess who spurned a kings love to be at Kineass side, is pledged to take her tribe east to help stop the monster - and Kineas knows he has no choice but to follow, even if it means embracing the violent death in battle that he has seen prefigured in countless dreams. But long before he can confront the might of Alexanders army alongside his beloved Srayanka, he must undertake an epic journey of breathtaking daring...

In a world at war, a brother and sister seek revenge...Another drama-drenched story in a truly epic historical series.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 breath; 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 Greats former general, Ptolemy - and seek revenge.Now it is time to go to war...

The penultimate adventure in the Chivalry series from the master of historical fiction highly anticipated by Christian Cameron s dedicated and growing global fanbase

El protagonista de la novela es Arimnestos. La historia está contada en primera persona y es el propio Arimnestos quien está contando la historia de su vida a su hija. Todo comienza cuando tan solo era un niño que vivia con su familia en una pequeña granja en Plataea. Aunque hijo de un herrero, recibio buena educacion y entrenamiento en las arte de la guerra por un viejo soldado. Estalla la guerra contra Esparta y, tanto el como su padre y hermano, luchan codo con codo en la batalla de Platea. En esta dura y legendaria batalla aunque fueron los griegos los que salieron victoriosos, el final para Arimnestos estuvo marcado por la tragedia, un cruento final que marco su destino de por vida. Su padre es asesinado por su propio primo Simon, su hermano tambien muere y el cae inconsciente en el campo de batalla y al despertarse se ve convertido en esclavo. Es aqui donde comienza a fraguarse la historia de El asesino de hombres. Traicionado por su primo es enviado como esclavo a Ephesus donde sufrira las vejaciones de la esclavitud. Sin embargo la suerte se pondra de su parte y sera comprado por un rico mercader y tambien poeta de Ephesus llamado Hipponax. En el seno de esta familia es tratado como uno mas. Se hace muy amigo del hijo, Archilogos, con quien comparte clases de lucha y el manejo de las armas, y comienza a despuntar como un gran luchador. Sin embargo el amor que siente por Briseida, hermana de Archilogos, terminara con esa relacion de fraternidad. El conflicto entre persas y griegos continua y Arimnestos valiendose de su don para la guerra decide ganarse la vida en el campo de batalla, teniendo como imagen a imitar el personaje de Achilles de la Iliada.

Fifteenth-century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. Hes really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didnt mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.

Arimnestos of Plataea grew up wanting to be a bronze-smith, 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...