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A mythological novel for the young about the Odyssey

From the pen of the international bestselling author of "The Last Legion" comes a new political thriller set during the tempestuous final days of Julius Caesar's Imperial Rome.

Talos, un ragazzino spartano nato storpio, abbandonato dai genitori e destinato a un futuro inglorioso, riesce a diventare comandante e a salvare la sua città dai Persiani. Diomede, l'ultimo guerriero omerico a fare ritorno a casa dopo la guerra di Troia, tradito e odiato dalla moglie, deve fuggire da Argo e cercare nelle inospitali regioni di Hesperia una nuova patria. Xeno, un giovane ateniese arruolatosi nell'esercito di diecimila mercenari...

Non c'è posto per un bambino storpio in una famiglia spartana, così Talos viene abbandonato in fasce e salvato da un vecchio pastore che gli insegnerà ad opporsi a un destino già assegnato. Il coraggio e l'ostinazione faranno di lui un arciere abile e possente, al servizio del prepotente ma intrepido Brithos. Senza sapere che un filo di sangue unisce il loro passato... e il loro futuro. Fino a quando Talos non scoprirà qual è davvero il sentie...

Jerusalem, 586 BC. The kingdom of Judah is on the verge of annihilation by the Babylonians. In the chaos, the prophet Jeremiah saves the sacred Ark of the Covenant and hides it in a cave. He returns terrified, having made a discovery that appears to have sent him mad. The Middle East, early in the second millennium. Professor William Blake, renowned Egyptologist, has a surprising visit from representatives of an American mining corporation. Th...

In the darkest hours of the night at the Museum of Volterra, young archaeologist Fabrizio Castellani is immersed in his work. He has discovered that the famous Etruscan statue known as the 'shade of twilight' contains a mysterious object, seemingly enclosed within the sculpture itself. He is suddenly interrupted by the phone ringing - on the other end of the line an icy female voice warns him to abandon his research at once.A series of gruesom...

Anatolia, AD 260. The Roman outpost of Edessa is on its last legs after the Persian siege, and Roman Emperor Publius Licinius Valerianus agrees to meet his adversary to negotiate peace. But the meeting is a trap and the Emperor ends up in enemy hands, along with the commander of his personal guard, Marcus Metellus Aquila, and ten of his most valiant and trusted men. Their destiny is sealed: they will rot away in a mine, forced into slavery.But...

AD 70. A ferocious, mysterious force hidden in a solitary tower annihilated a squad of Roman soldiers advancing through the Sahara desert. There was a single survivor: the Etruscan diviner Avile Vipinas, who later described the horror of the creature in the tower and suggested how it could be destroyed.Nearly two thousand years later, to find the tower and solve its unutterable mystery, three men venture into the heart of the Sahara: an archae...

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Before his birth, omens foretold that Alexander, son of the warrior-king Philip of Macedonia, was destined for greatness. From boyhood, the prince was trained by the finest scholars and mightiest soldiers to attain extraordinary strength of body and spirit. A descendant of Heracles and Achilles, Alexander aimed to surpass his ancestors' heroism and honor, and his chosen companions strove to be worthy to share his godlike fate. Even as a youth,...

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Un secreto de la Antig³edad clßsica regresa a la Grecia del siglo XX en forma de enigma policial.

Tres relatos situados en tres épocas distintas con los viajes como hilo conductor.

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Archeologo ed autore di celebri romanzi storici, tra cui la trilogia "Aléxandros", Valerio Massimo Manfredi si cimenta in questo testo inedito con la forma del racconto. Che siano ambientate nell'antica Grecia o nelle corti rinascimentali, ai tempi delle guerre puniche, o in una centrale nucleare all'alba del 2000, queste storie confermano il desiderio costante dello scrittore di rendere la Storia sempre più "vicina" al lettore contemporaneo.