Troy: Fall Of Kings

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<p><b>Darkness falls on the Great Green, and the Ancient World is fiercely divided.</b></p><p>On the killing fields outside the golden city of Troy, forces loyal to the Mykene King mass. Among them is<b>Odysseus</b>, fabled storyteller and reluctant ally to the Mykene, who knows that he must soon face his former friends in deadly combat.</p><p>Within the city, the Trojan king waits. Ailing and bitter, his hope is pinned on two heroes: his favourite son<b>Hektor,</b>and the dread<b>Helikaon</b>who will wreak terrible vengeance for the death of his wife at Mykene hands.</p><p>War has been declared.</p><p>As enemies, who are also kinsmen, are filled with bloodlust, they know that many of them will die, and that some will become heroes: heroes who will live for ever in a story that will echo down the centuries.</p>

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<p><b>David A. Gemmell's</b>first novel,<i>Legend</i>, was published in 1984 and became an instant classic. His most recent Drenai and Rigante novels are available as Corgi paperbacks; all are<i>Sunday Times</i>bestsellers. Now widely regarded as one of the finest writers of heroic fantasy, David Gemmell lived in East Sussex until his death in July 2006.</p><p><b>Stella Gemmell</b>is a journalist, and worked with her husband on all three Troy novels. She concluded<i>Troy</i><i>: Fall of Kings</i>after his death.</p>

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