The Achaeans journeyed to Troy in search of glory and renown. Instead, they find themselves trapped between the sea and an enemy they cannot defeat, sickness descending on their weary camp.
Tested to breaking point, a zealous Agamemnon makes a bold move to enshrine his dominance, enraging the matchless Achilles, who refuses to fight another day.
Without their greatest warrior, the tide of war shifts.
As Hector leads the Trojans against their beleaguered foe, one warrior will be forced into a desperate choice, one that may shift the scales back in the Achaeans favour, once and for all.
And amid plague, betrayal and slaughter, Leonteus, brother of the great Diomedes, must fight not only to survive, but to carve his own name into history.
From Sunday Times bestseller and master of historical adventure Anthony Riches comes the next epic chapter in his sensational reimagining of the Trojan War.
Anthony Riches holds a degree in Military Studies from Manchester University. He began writing the story that would become the first novel in the Empire series, Wounds of Honour, after visiting Housesteads Roman fort in 1996. Married with three grown up children, he now lives in Suffolk. He is also the writer of the 'Protector' thriller series.
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