{"product_id":"freaks-and-greeks-timothy-bowden-9781684112432","title":"Freaks and Greeks","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKNOW THYSELF\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe words are carved into the temple wall, but Miltiades of Athens doesn't need their advice. He already knows who he is... a dull man, a spectator, someone who reads about the heroes of the past, unlikely to ever be one himself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Or is he?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSent by the tyrants who killed his father to re-establish contact with a far flung colony near the Black Sea, Miltiades begins to find he may be more of a leader than he - or his family - expected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe risks are great. From fractious Thracian neighbours to the growing power of the Persian Empire, and the knowledge that someone in his camp is acting as a spy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd there is worse. A black flood is rising. A terrible sickness, spreading across the ancient world, that brings the dead back from the afterlife. And when they return, they are \u003cem\u003ehungry\u003c\/em\u003e. Unleashed by the Egyptians in their greed for immortality, and fanned by the Persians as a weapon in their hunger for empire, it threatens the existence of Miltiades' little city-state and all he holds dear.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd not just them - for the Persian's eyes are on the city of Athens itself, where a strange experiment is taking place: power is being held not by kings or the wealthy, but shared by all the citizens, together. They call it \u003cem\u003edemos kratia\u003c\/em\u003e. But this small flame of freedom will lost unless Miltiades can stand against the tide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe forces are gathering. The battle is here. A race for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt Marathon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy Bowden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684112435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684112432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tar \u0026amp; Feather Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.89d","brand":"Timothy Bowden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850411127039,"sku":"9781684112432","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freaks-and-greeks-timothy-bowden-9781684112432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}