Gordon Doherty

Le roman officielGrèce, ve siècle avant Jésus-Christ.Vingt ans durant, Kassandra, descendante du puissant roi Léonidas, a tenté doublier la disgrâce dans laquelle elle était tombée : son père, Nikola

As Hun hordes and Germanic tribes maraud through Imperial lands, two legendary men Attila the Hun and the Last of the Romans General Flavius Aetius find their fortunes entangled with the chaos. Flavius Aetius, a noble Roman son, is an outsider in a savage land. He has been banished, given as hostage to the barbaric Huns and sent to the edge of the world. What the Huns do not know, however, is that his father and mother have been murdered in a coup. He is an orphan, with no value at all. His life hangs on a lie. In this new harsh world, he manages to find one grudging ally, a young boy named Attila. A brotherhood is formed. One that, the shamans foretell, will shatter the world.

In the 11th century AD, the ailing Byzantine Empire teeters on the brink of full-blown war with the Seljuk Sultanate. In the borderlands of Eastern Anatolia, a land riven with bloodshed and doubt, a dark hero rises from the ashes of the conflict. Apions journey will be a savage one, taking him from the snakepit of Constantinople to the blistering heart of the Seljuk realm . . . all the time leading him towards the fabled plains of Manzikert.

CHAMAM-LHE MISTHIOS - MERCENÁRIA - E ELA VAI RECLAMAR AQUILO QUE LHE PERTENCE. Grécia, século v a. C. Kassandra, uma mercenária de sangue espartano descendente do poderoso rei Leónidas, tentou durante vinte anos esquecer a sua desgraça: foi expulsa de Esparta pelo seu pai, Nikolaos, por desafiar a vontade dos deuses e tentar salvar o irmo mais novo. Agora, um misterioso estranho chega a pacata cidade costeira que a mercenaria adotou como lar, prometendo-lhe riqueza infindavel que transformara a vida da jovem para sempre. Para a obter, Kassandra tera de atravessar o Mediterraneo, juntar-se a guerra entre Atenas e Esparta e matar o lider a quem todos chamam "Lobo": Nikolaos de Esparta, o homem que ela nunca perdoou... o seu pai.

The storm is upon us, Haga. The answers you seek dance within its wrath . . .1071 AD. Emperor Romanus Diogenes has rekindled the guttering flame of Byzantium. Yet in the eastern borderlands, two vital strongholds hang in the balance. Manzikert and Chliat must be won to secure the empires fragile frontiers and vanquish the would-be usurpers who covet the imperial throne. But Sultan Alp Arslan and his vast Seljuk armies look to those twin fortress-towns also, resolute on seizing them first.Apion rides by the emperors side as they march east, marshalling Byzantiums armies for the conflict that is to come. He knows only too well that the threat posed by the Sultans hordes is well-matched by malevolent forces within the Byzantine ranks. Thus, the road to war is a savage one, but one he cannot refuse. For at its end, Fate beckons, taunting him with a choice of two futures.On the plains of Manzikert, one great power will rise and another will fall. On the plains of Manzikert, Apion will face the storm.

Stay strong, Haga, for the Golden Heart will rise in the west. At dawn, he will wear the guise of a lion hunter. At noon, he will march to the east as if to conquer the sun itself. At dusk, you will stand with him in the final battle, like an island in the storm . . .1068 AD: the armies of the Seljuk Sultanate tear at Byzantiums borders, poised to strike the death blow that will bring all Anatolia under their yoke. Alp Arslans armies grow stronger with every passing season, while the beleaguered Byzantine soldiers defend for their lives, the hope in their hearts guttering its last.This war has been Apions mistress for many years, casting a dark shadow across his soul. When the mysterious crone comes to him, she can offer him only a glimmer of light. But at the darkest of moments, the smallest chink of light can be blinding. It will sweep Apion into the heart of the empire, Constantinople, and then onto the arid plains of Syria. It will taunt him with trust, betrayal, intrigue, love and brutal conflict. But, above all, it will offer him hope.

When the falcon has flown, the mountain lion will charge from the east, and all Byzantium will quake. Only one man can save the empire . . . the Haga!1046 AD. The Byzantine Empire teeters on full-blown war with the Seljuk Sultanate. In the borderlands of Eastern Anatolia, a land riven with bloodshed and doubt, young Apions life is shattered in one swift and brutal Seljuk night raid. Only the benevolence of Mansur, a Seljuk farmer, offers him a second chance of happiness.Yet a hunger for revenge burns in Apions soul, and he is drawn down a dark path that leads him right into the heart of a conflict that will echo through the ages.

Journey deeper in the world of Assassins Creed in the official novel of the incredible game: Odyssey. Greece, 5th century BCE. Kassandra is a mercenary of Spartan blood, sentenced to death by her family, cast out into exile. Now she will embark on an epic journey to become a legendary hero - and uncover the truth about her mysterious lineage.The Assassins Creed novels have sold more than 1 MILLION COPIES around the world - see what readers are saying: A brilliant read *****I love this book *****Original and unique *****A brilliant accompaniment to the games *****

Embárcate en una aventura en la Grecia clásica y descubre los secretos de los Assassins.Grecia, siglo V a.C. Kassandra es una mercenaria de sangre espartana, condenada a muerte por su familia, al exilio. Ahora se embarcara en un viaje epico para convertirse en una heroina legendaria y descubrir la verdad sobre su misterioso linaje.