Moonlight shimmered on their bronze breastplates and white-crested helmets, on their embossed wrist guards and greaves, and on the hilts of the short swords scabbarded at their waists. The early autumn wind was unnaturally chilly, but they did not blow warm air on cold hands. The twelve men in ankle-length cloaks of black wool stood silently at the cave mouth. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Now fate is about to thrust these three together–and, from the sparks of passionate love and hate, ignite a fire that will engulf the world. Scornful of tradition, skilled in the arts of war, and passionate in the ways of her order, Andromache vows to love whom she pleases and to live as she desires. Dispatched by King Agamemnon to scout the defenses of the golden city of Troy, he is Helikaon’s sworn enemy.Īndromache is a priestess of Thera betrothed against her will to Hektor, prince of Troy. Like all of the Mykene warriors, he lives to conquer and to kill. For there is a darkness at the heart of the Golden One, a savagery that, once awakened, can be appeased only with blood.Īrgurios the Mykene is a peerless fighter, a man of unbending principles and unbreakable will.

Strong, fast, quick of mind, he is a bold warrior, hated by his enemies, feared even by his Trojan allies. Some call him the Golden One others, the Lord of the Silver Bow. With this first masterly volume in an epic reimagining of the Trojan War, David Gemmell has written an ageless drama of brave deeds and fierce battles, of honor and treachery, of love won and lost.

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