"The African hero of the Trojan War and the keys to ancient world civilization"--P. facing T.p.

The adventure continues in the second installment of the Shades of Memnon series, where it is 1200 B.C. and a young Kushite must fight for his family's survival.

The third installment of this historical epic of transcontinental action and adventure continues. Along the way the young Memnon encounters legends come to life, including Amazon warrior women, mystical Mayans, the amazing black jaguar Balaam and the Kushites of legendary Atlantis!

He lived in the shadow of kings. One trusted him with his empire; the other feared his every move. Memnon of Rhodes (375-333 BC) walked in the footsteps of giants. As a soldier, sailor, statesman and general, he was, in the words of Diodorus of Sicily, "outstanding in courage and strategic grasp." A contemporary of Demosthenes and Aristotle, Memnon rose from humble origins to command the whole of western Asia in a time of strife and slaughter. To his own people, he was a traitor, to his rivals, a mercenary. But, to the King of Kings, his majesty Darius III of Persia, Memnon was the one man capable of defending Asia Minor from the rising power of the barbaric Macedonians. In a war pitting Greek against Greek, Memnon proved his quality beyond measure. His enemies fought for glory and gold; Memnon fought for something more: for loyalty, for honour, and for duty. He fought for the love of Barsine, a woman of remarkable beauty and grace, but most of all, he fought for the promise of peace. Through the deathbed recollections of a mysterious woman, the life of Memnon unfolds with brilliant clarity. It is a record of his triumphs and tragedies, his loves and losses, and of the determination that drove him to stand against the most renowned figure of the ancient world - an ambitious and brilliant young conqueror called Alexander the Great.

First volume in a trilogy about Alexander the Great.

Parallel latin & English texts.