Book description
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 king's love to be at
Kineas's 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
Alexander's army alongside his beloved Srayanka, he must undertake an
epic journey, of breathtaking daring, taking an army through hundreds of
miles of hostile terrain - towards his own appointment with fate.
Writer and military historian Christian Cameron is a former US Naval
Intelligence officer and the co-author, with his father, Kenneth
Cameron, of the acclaimed Gordon Kent military thriller series, as well
as TYRANT and WASHINGTON AND CAESAR, a novel of the American Revolution.
He lives with his family in Toronto.
