Lion of Macedon - David Gemmell

Lion of Macedon

By David Gemmell

  • Release Date: 1992-09-08
  • Genre: Epic Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 32 Ratings

Description

Over and again, the aged seeress Tamis scried all the possible tomorrows. In every one, dark forces threatened Greece; terrible evil was poised to reenter the world. The future held only one hope: a half-caste Spartan boy, Parmenion. So Tamis made it her mission to see that Parmenion would before the deadliest warrior in the world -- no matter what the cost.
Raised to manhood in Sparta, bullied and forced to fight for his life every day, Parmenion had no notion of the unseen dimensions of magic and mystery that shaped his fate. He grew in strength and cunning. His military genius earned him the title Strategos in Sparta. His triumphs for the city of Thebes made him a hero. And finally his fate led him to the service of Philip of Macedon.
As Tamis had foreseen, Parmenion's destiny was tied to the Dark God, to Philip, and to the yet-unborn Alexander. All too soon the future was upon them. Parmenion stood poised to defeat evil -- or to open the gate for the Dark God to reenter the world.

Reviews

  • Historic Fantasy at its best

    5
    By Lach66
    Gemmell's style is short and punchy and his great skill is building wonderful cameo characters around the main protagonists: in this case, Parmenion. The action of the book moves rapidly from Sparta to Thebes to Macedonia charting the path to the birth of Alexander the Great. We follow Parmenion's unhappy childhood, his development into one of the greatest Generals of all time and his move to Macedonia to help engineer Philip's dream of a great nation. Along the way we meet characters such as Xenophon, Leonidas and more mystically Aristotle and others, al of whom are drawn with careful nuance. The book is a real page turner and a good introduction to Gemmell and his over-arching philosophy around good and evil which permeates all his work. Overall, this is a fun, easy read, introducing Ancient Greece and bringing the characters to life superbly. A great step for older Percy Jackson fans.
  • My favorite

    5
    By Samussteve5
    All time favorite book.

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