Ancient Greece
Gods and Warriors
1500 BC, Bronze Age Greece. Eleven-year-old Hylas is a goat boy, a nobody, but, even so, mysterious black-armoured warriors are…
Greek Myths: Stories of Sun, Stone, and Sea
Sally Pomme Clayton retells ten classic Greek myths, stories which, one way or another, have re-echoed in Western literature, music,…
The Sweet Girl
The Sweet Girl, Annabel Lyon’s follow up novel to her award winning 2011 novel, The Golden Mean, is a fast-moving,…
The Year-God’s Daughter
Despite the fifth-century Greek statue on the cover, The Year-God’s Daughter takes place a thousand years earlier, in Crete. Aridela,…
Poseidon’s Spear
Distraught over the death of his wife, Aristemnos — bronzesmith, warrior, and survivor of the battle of Marathon — flings…
Dark of the Moon
Editors' choice
In Dark of the Moon, Barrett presents the “true” story of the Minotaur, told in alternating first person by Ariadne…
The Gates of Troy
Upon reading the back blurb, my husband quipped, “Another book about that guy.” Here comes Wise Odysseus again, this time…
The Song of Achilles
Editors' choice
Whether you are fascinated by the history and the people of The Iliad, or you’re looking for an achingly good…
The Ionia Sanction
Athens, 5th century B.C.: Nicolaos is an investigator for hire, which is not so strange considering this is the city…
Marathon: Freedom or Death
Sequel to the well-received Killer of Men, Marathon‘s publication commemorates the 2500th anniversary of this landmark Greek victory over the…
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