Book description
Demetrius, son of Alexander's former comrade, Antigonus One-Eye, was
perhaps the most dashing and charismatic of the Successors, the
Macedonian generals who fought a bitter war for the spoils of
Alexander's short-lived empire. Still smarting from his epic defeat at
the hands of Ptolemy, Demetrius has his eye on one of the richest prizes
in the ancient world - the naval superpower of Rhodes.
But the Rhodians know that defeat will mean annihilation, and
Demetrius's campaign will entail five separate naval battles over
several years before he can begin to breach the city walls - leading him
to employ an array of fantastic war machines: ancient super-weapons like
his gigantic lens of polished bronze used to focus on the city's wooden
ramparts and set them ablaze. If she is to survive against such a
merciless assault, Rhodes will need the help of every ally she can
muster - including the newly crowned King of the Bosporus, Satyrus, and
his fiery twin, Melitta... 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 the Tyrant series, the Long War series and
WASHINGTON AND CAESAR, a novel of the American Revolution. He lives with
his family in Toronto.
