The new Novel in master storyteller Conn Iggulden\'s bestselling series tells the story of Pericles amid the battlefields of the Peloponnesian War. .. .
And for a city to shine like a beacon .
For his enemies to tremble.
It\'s time for a hero to rise.
But Pericles knows one thing: to fight a war you must first win the peace.
Both sides are spoiling for war.
Before him stands the ferocious Persian army.
Behind him lies the greatest city of the Ancient world.
Enter Pericles--the Lion of Athens.
After the gods, after the myths and legends, came the world of men--and in the front rank stood Pericles.
The new Novel in master storyteller Conn Iggulden\'s bestselling series tells the story of Pericles amid the battlefields of the Peloponnesian War