{"product_id":"the-wandering-king-stephen-bradford-marte-9781483992563","title":"The Wandering King: Book 1: Summer, Harvest, War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wandering King\u003c\/i\u003e by author Stephen Marte is based on events described in \u003ci\u003eThe Histories\u003c\/i\u003e by Herodotus. People may have heard the story about King Leonidas and the famous last stand of the 300 Spartans at the pass of Thermopylae, but Herodotus' best stories have never been told-\u003ci\u003etill now.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Leonidas is a character in \u003ci\u003eThe Wandering King\u003c\/i\u003e, this is not his story. The novel is told from the perspective of Leonidas' nephew, Euryanax; a little known member of Sparta's royal family. The book begins, \"I am called Euryanax. In the Dorian tongue, \u003ci\u003eeury\u003c\/i\u003e means 'wandering' and \u003ci\u003eanax\u003c\/i\u003e means 'king.' \u003ci\u003eThe Wandering King\u003c\/i\u003e. From my name, comes my story.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book in the series, \u003ci\u003eSummer, Harvest,\" War\u003c\/i\u003e, begins 25 years before the famous Battle of Marathon and the start of the Greco-Persian Wars. Euryanax's father Dorieus, a brother of Leonidas, was disappointed when his father, King Anaxandridas, died and the ephors selected his elder brother Cleomenes as the next King of Sparta. Dorieus left Greece with his wife Phile, son Euryanax, and a small expedition of Lacedaemonians to build a colony in Libya. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGo to war with Euryanax as he takes part in the siege of the Phoenician stronghold at Oea (modern Tripoli). Adventure with him to the city of ships, merchants and pornai, Corinth. Sail alongside this little-known prince of Sparta as he fights Illyrian pirates in the Ionian Sea, competes in the Pythian Games, and journeys to the center of earth where he learns his fate from the Delphic Oracle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExotic locales and peoples, action and adventure, romance and revenge, land battles and sea battles, tribal rituals and Olympic-style games; \u003ci\u003eThe Wandering King\u003c\/i\u003e has all this and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Bradford Marte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 148399256X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781483992563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Stephen Bradford Marte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896732508415,"sku":"9781483992563","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30628efd-37bb-458b-9ce2-2d9db7f92ed0.jpg?v=1721372184","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wandering-king-stephen-bradford-marte-9781483992563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}