The setting for this series broadens its horizons as Nikometros, Tomyra, and a select band of Scythians leave the northern plains and travel to Babylon. As they become part of the Royal court of Alexander the Great, their lives are touched by past circumstances, present alliances and future predictions.

Max Overton is truly a skilled storyteller with a heart for history! These pages take readers back in time to a world where power and cunning ruled. Dynamic dialogue and action filled scenes cause the story to leap from the printed page. Alexander's final days are brilliantly rendered. All of the characters move with a realistic purpose toward an inevitable conclusion.

The many and varied details of this time period are a tribute to the author's research and creativity. Readers will better understand the motives and even the madness that surrounded these people. The political climate of the King's court is both bewildering and bedazzling. Superstitions vie with military strength to carve out a future for this empire. Yet, history has already been written and the author remained true to the past. Now, it's up to the reader to experience it all through the eyes of these characters.

This final installment in the Lion of Scythia trilogy includes all the powerful elements that made the first two books outstanding. The pages are filled with captivating contrasts. Romance rides alongside violent battles, while treachery and trust blindly mingle. Death fights life for supremacy and one man's kingdom becomes every man's desire.

Reviewed by: Joyce Handzo
In The Library Reviews


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As I would expect from having read The Golden King, this book starts with immediate tension, which keeps going with twist after twist. While the story follows on from the previous volume, a new reader will be very quickly caught by the realistically drawn background, the action, and above all by the characters.

I particularly liked the picture of Alexander the Great. Max Overton has brought to life a very appealing man. The great King just had to be like this: charismatic, with a glow of inner power, wise yet impetuous. Overton has done his research well.

In this, the third book of the trilogy, we follow Nikometros out of Scythia, and back to Alexander's army, and Alexander's court.

Meticulously crafted, this book is an exciting page-turner. Moreover, it will stand on its own, and entertain a reader who hasn't yet read the first two books.

I have immensely enjoyed the three books. I hope Max continues to write.

Reviewed by: Bob Rich
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