The Gryphons Skull, Harry Turtledove
The Gryphons Skull, Harry Turtledove
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The Gryphon's Skull

Author: Harry Turtledove

Narrator: Tim Campbell

Unabridged: 13 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/30/2022

Synopsis

Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper (and cousin), the scholarly Sostratos, are back in a new adventure.Soon after their successful return to Rhodes the two cousins find that Greece is a dangerous place after the death of Alexander. Various factions fight and vie for power and the neutrality of Rhodes itself is threatened as opposing forces maneuver for advantage in the eastern Mediterranean.

About Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove, known as the “Master of Alternative History,” is the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of a number of bestselling series and standalone novels. He received his PhD from UCLA in Byzantine history and worked as a technical writer for the Los Angeles County Office of Education before becoming a full-time fiction writer. He also served as the treasurer of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He has written a number of successful series, including the Crosstime Traffic series, the Darkness series, and the Worldwar I Colonization series, among others. His standalone works include Ruled Brittania, Every Inch a King, Conan of Venarium, Household Gods, and Justinian.

About Tim Campbell

Tim Campbell, winner of AudioFile Earphones Awards, is a narrator and actor based in Los Angeles, California. He studied at the University of California and earned a BA in music and theater and a certification from the prestigious Great Books program at Pepperdine University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is also a classically trained singer and performs regularly with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Los Angeles Opera Chorus, as well as on studio soundtracks for film and television.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eric on April 26, 2021

As per usual, I had a lot of fun with this historical fiction taking place in Ancient Greece. Just like the first book, the story revolves around cousins Menedemos and Sostratos and their journeys around the Aegean during the trading season. Looks like Mr. Turteltaub wanted us to have a different ex......more

Goodreads review by Ty on May 15, 2014

It sold itself well as a seafaring adventure, which I wanted to get into. But in the end...(and at the beginning), boring, really. It's billed as an adventure, but as far as I read it very little adventure showed up. A lot of talking. What is worse, it was not interesting talking. (Which I CAN enjoy.......more

Goodreads review by TammyJo on September 08, 2023

I'm an ancient historian, so I admit I tend to be harsher on historical fiction than the average reader. I have also not read the first book in the Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure saga; I am only judging this one book. Turteltaub is famous as a historical fiction and alternative fiction author and no......more

Goodreads review by Blind on May 06, 2022

4.0 A really solid historical novel with a weird, but believable eponymous twist. It is not quite as great as it's predecessor since there are quite a few situations and exchanges that are very much like it the first book. Turtledove fans will know what I mean. Though there are also a lot more diffe......more

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