All around A+

The things I love about this series; Peter noble is an exceptional narrator, a rich sprinkle of historical context, believable characters, and an exception story. I could not ask for more.

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This book is a wild ride

Christian is a genius and Peter Noble, in my view, is the BEST narrator, EVER!! I didn’t think there was a better series than Christian’s Tyrant series… this is its equal and perhaps better !!!

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Excellent as always

Once again, superb book written and performed by the masters. Looking forward to the next.

Brilliant

Just brilliant. Delightful and captivating with a wonderful tale that continues be engrossing with enough historical accuracy to please an avid philhellene. The narrator is an ideal fit and brings the story to life.

Another 5 stars for Cameron and Mr.Noble.

Another great book in the series. This author is really one to watch. Peter noble is one of the best voices on here. The story is really engaging and keeps you wanting to listen more. I bought the 4th book even before I finished the 3rd.

amazing series

Hands down one of the greatest historical fiction series on audible. After the first book I bought the rest of the series and am listening to it a second time to absorb more of the story.

VERY GOOD!

I have to preface this by saying that the first in the series, Killer of Men, almost dissuaded me from continuing with this author since it seemed overly preoccupied with graphic but repetitive and eventually tedious descriptions of gory battle incidents. I mean how many times really do you have to read that 'the sword point pierced his throat and blood pumped in a torrent onto the sand' to satisfy some craving for the pretense of verisimilitude? Once every few hours might be enough, but once every thirty minutes was stretching the friendship.

So I was very hesitant to start this third in the series, my finger poised on the 'exchange this title' button (I skipped the second book, Marathon, because being about a famous battle I was sure it had to raise the blood and gore stakes even higher than the first). And I have been pleasantly surprised because it seems the author is actually capable of telling an inventive and not hackneyed tale set in the distant historical past of pre-Republican Rome and Greece. I am impressed and now feel encouraged to rank Cameron in the same general upper range of historical novelists with Cornwell, Colleen McCullough, GMF, Graves and the all-time champion Patrick O'Brian.

Although at times Cameron drops into heavy padding and goofy repetition to labor a point, such as 'we rowed and rowed and rowed and rowed and rowed and...(OK I get it!) and some plot devices still have their 2 for 1 sales tags in place, mostly what he gives us is a very fast moving tale that satisfies and doesn't disappoint while staying interesting and somewhat unpredictable enough to keep the listener reaching forward to the next chapter.

I have already purchased the next in the series, so I definitely recommend the author. The first novel can be more easily enjoyed if you preset the skip forward option to 90 secs.

Best in series (The Long War)

This book was more of a swash buckling adventure tale. It followed the many ups and downs of the main character, his loves his losses, and triumphant victories over the many obstacles in his path. I think it's the best in the series so far.

best ancient fiction I've read yet!

riveting, interesting and so cleverly done! hats off to Christian Cameron and this series is a masterpiece

Excelente

Una serie de libros atrapante y muy bien narrada. Disfruté todo el libro sin perder interes.