Protector: Book Two in the Athenian series

PRE-ORDER THE LATEST ANCIENT EPIC IN THE NEW ATHENIAN SERIES FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EMPEROR AND WAR OF THE ROSES\r\n\r\nTWO LEGENDARY BATTLES. \r\nONE FEARLESS WARRIOR . . .\r\n\r\n-----\r\n\r\n\r\nTHE BATTLE OF SALAMIS\r\n\r\nPersian King Xerxes stands over the smoking ruins of Athens, an army of slaves at his back. Come to destroy, once and for all, everything that the city stands for, he stares pitilessly at the hopelessly outnumbered Greeks. \r\n\r\nVeteran soldier Themistocles cannot push the Persians back by force on land, and so he so does so by stealth, at sea. Over three long days, the greatest naval battle of the ancient world will unfold, a bloody war between the democracy of Athens and the tyranny of Persia.\r\n\r\nTHE BATTLE OF PLATAEA\r\n\r\nLess than a year later, the Persian return to reconquer the Greeks. Tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides ready themselves for war. For the Spartans, Plataea is chance to avenge their defeat at Thermopylae. For the people of Athens, threatened on all sides, nothing less than the survival of democracy is at stake. And once again Themistocles, the hero of Salamis, will risk everything - his honour, his friendships, even his life - to protect his country.\r\n\r\n-----\r\n\r\nReaders are raving about The Gates of Athens, Book One in the ATHENIAN series:\r\n\r\nWhat a brilliantly addictive read\r\n\r\nThis author never fails to deliver!\r\n\r\nAnother brilliant historical novel from the master of the craft\r\n\r\nIts like being on the battlefield