A historical action and adventure novel, featuring the re-telling of Jason and the Golden Fleece, brilliantly reimagined by a Cambridge classicist He has come to take what is yours.
But how will he fare when he needs a band of heroes to accompany him, not the dangerous mixture of villains and self-proclaimed noblemen from all over Hellas to aid in his quest? Jason\'s mission to steal the Golden Fleece from the ends of the earth is a story of revenge, coming-of-age, the exploration of new and hostile lands..
The lives of Jason\'s parents and his own fate depends on it.
Claiming his birth-right during a tense showdown in front of the cream of Hellenic warriors and athletes, Jason accepts Pelias\' impossible challenge: to steal a mythical Golden Fleece from the distant kingdom of Colchis.
King Pelias has been warned of the one-sandaled man who would one day supplant him, but he did not reckon on Aeson\'s son and rightful heir.
Twenty years later, a vagrant descends from the mountains.
Kingdom of Iolkos, Thessaly: c.1250 BC When the kingdom of Iolkos is attacked one stormy night, Jason, son of King Aeson, is smuggled from the palace, still swaddled in his blankets.
A historical action and adventure novel, featuring the re-telling of Jason and the Golden Fleece, brilliantly reimagined by a Cambridge classicist He has come to take what is yours
