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Strategos

Born in the Borderlands, Strategos 1

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Strategos

By: Gordon Doherty
Narrated by: Nigel Carrington
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When the falcon has flown, the mountain lion will charge from the east, and all Byzantium will quake. Only one man can save the empire ... the Haga!

1046 AD. The Byzantine Empire teeters on full-blown war with the Seljuk Sultanate. In the borderlands of Eastern Anatolia, a land riven with bloodshed and doubt, young Apion's life is shattered in one swift and brutal Seljuk night raid. Only the benevolence of Mansur, a Seljuk farmer, offers him a second chance of happiness.

Yet a hunger for revenge burns in Apion's soul, and he is drawn down a dark path that leads him right into the heart of a conflict that will echo through the ages.

©2011 Gordon Doherty (P)2015 Gordon Doherty Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military War

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loved it! really good story. captured the time period well. will read the sequels. impressed

great

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Loved the book from the start to the finish made my drives back and forth from Cornwall a lot easier. Appion was a great character.

Strategos

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Byzantium is not an easy place to write about. This book does a fine job in weaving an adventure story into byzantine history.

Excellent byzantine fiction

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By far my most enjoyable audio book in the last few months, I look forward to book 2 with anticipation.

A Byzantine plot of epic proportions

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I love this book and would recommend it get narration and narrative and look forward to listening to the next one

A fun book with some interesting history and character

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really really great story. actually really emotional. I know its cliche to say couldn't put it down but was that good that I littraly couldn't stop listening. great book 10/10

what a great story, cant wait to read on

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I am new to this period of history so was interested in learning about it.The characters were great and i got very involved with the storyline looking forward to the next book

Good storyline

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Would you consider the audio edition of Strategos to be better than the print version?

most certainly

Who was your favorite character and why?

each character realism was prevalent

Which scene did you most enjoy?

yet another and most final loss of his second family.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

the crescent and cross

Any additional comments?

yet another success of author and narrator pahe most powerful and immotive story will not meet its full potential in audio format without an a class reader and this book for me has it all. ckage. t

twistingly gripping

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Wonderfully written story of a Byzantium hero in the making with epic battles, a great storyline and meaningful characters. Really folds into the historical feeling of the age including a very Roman mythical element which is down to earth and real. The only criticism is that it is not as funny as eg a Scarrow, with the sassy banter between soldiers lacking the same colour. Perfoance of the narrator was strong and accomplished.

A Gripping Historical Epic

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Much like the author's Roman series in structure but possibly more interesting in terms of time period and setting. I really enjoyed the main character's growth and thought it was an entertaining v listen thanks to the narrator.
Great stuff!

Exciting stuff!

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