The New Achilles, Christian Cameron
The New Achilles, Christian Cameron
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The New Achilles

Author: Christian Cameron

Narrator: John Telfer

Unabridged: 15 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 04/18/2019

Synopsis

Alexanor is a man who has seen too much blood. He has left the sword behind him to become a healer in the greatest sanctuary in Greece, turning his back on war.

But war has followed him to his refuge at Epidauros, and now a battle to end the freedom of Greece is all around him. The Mediterranean superpowers of Rome, Egypt and Macedon are waging their proxy wars on Hellenic soil, turning Greek farmers into slaves and mercenaries.

When wounded soldier Philopoemen is carried into his temple, Alexanor believes the man's wounds are mortal but that he is not destined to die. Because he knows Philopoemen will become Greece's champion. Its last hero. The new Achilles.

About Christian Cameron

Christian Cameron is a writer and military historian. He participates in re-enacting and experimental archaeology, teaches armoured fighting and historical swordsmanship, and takes his vacations with his family visiting battlefields, castles and cathedrals. He lives in Toronto and is busy writing his next novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens

This wonderful and eventful book is the 1st volume of a 2 part mini-series, according to the author, which is called "the Commander series", from the greatly accomplished and one of the finest writers of historical fiction, Christian Cameron. The book contains at the beginning well-drawn maps of the......more

Goodreads review by Ozymandias

One of the easiest ways to get me excited about a book is to have it set in a period I haven’t seen fictionalized before. How many more books do we need on Caesar or the Persian Wars? Better still is when it is an era and character I’ve always wanted to see fictionalized. And the story of Philopoeme......more

Goodreads review by Liviu

review on reread-2020 this is one of the books that show clearly why it matters when you read it as on original publication it left me cold, while now (because book 2 was published and it started quite intriguing so I decided to revisit the series), I really enjoyed it - some of the criticisms in th......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie (Bookfever)

Why are books rated with three stars so hard to review? I didn't dislike this book but I also can't say that I enjoyed it enough to end up as a favorite of mine, you know? There were both good and not-so-good qualities this story had and in this case I'm not entirely sure if the good or not-so-good......more

Quotes

Superb . . . There are few writers since Mary Renault who are better than Cameron at conjuring up a vision of ancient Greece Antonia Senior, THE TIMES

One of the finest writers of historical fiction in the world BEN KANE, Sunday Times bestselling author of CLASH OF EMPIRES

Emotive and powerful, and very highly recommended PARMENION BOOKS on Salamis

A storyteller at the height of his powers HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY on The Green Count

Cameron's artistry and craftsmanship offer much to recommend THE GLOBE AND MAIL on God of War

An extraordinary and staggering achievement . . . I doubt Cameron's expertise in Greek military history can be equalled FOR WINTER NIGHTS on God of War

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