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Tyrant: Storm of Arrows

Tyrant, Book 2

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Tyrant: Storm of Arrows

By: Christian Cameron
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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 The stunning sequel to Christian Cameron's epic TYRANT.

Kineas, the Athenian cavalry commander, has come a long way since being dismissed from the army of Alexander and vengefully exiled by his own city. Together, his mercenary force and their Scythian allies have defeated a mighty Macedonian army at the Ford of the River God, and his adopted city of Olbia is now free once more. But his destiny will not allow him to enjoy the fruits of victory for long. Far to the east, at the farthest edge of the Sea of Grass, Alexander is threatening to crush the Scythian hordes once and for all.

The Lady Srayanka of the Cruel Hands, the Scythian warrior-princess who spurned a king's love to be at Kineas's side, is pledged to take her tribe east to help stop 'the monster' - and Kineas knows he has no choice but to follow, even if it means embracing the violent death in battle that he has seen prefigured in countless dreams.

But long before he can confront the might of Alexander's army alongside his beloved Srayanka, he must undertake an epic journey of breathtaking daring...©2009 Christian Cameron (P)2020 Orion Publishing Group Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Royalty
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I enjoyed it. I’m not buying that a mercenary Greek cavalry unit could somehow beat not only the best cavalry in the ancient world, but also the best army and the greatest general and military commander in history. I can’t say I warmed to Kineas that much and Philocleas became a little tiresome and the story was a little long winded at times and I found myself zoning out, still that aside I did enjoy it. Peter Noble does a superb job and setting the book in a part of the Ancient Greek world that isn’t generally focused on was interesting. I knew who the Skythians, but Cameron does a great job of bringing them alive and I enjoyed finding out more about them. A good series so far and I look forward to hearing the rest.

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War gamers and those interested in military history will enjoy this. Feels authentic enough, and the characters had some believable depth, but then, who really knows.
Narrator did well again as he did with the first one; his efforts are praiseworthy and he's well worth his fee.
Author over did the dream sequences - just couldn't bother to try and interpret them, so in the end skipped forward as they seemed to just go on and on.
I'll certainly try more of his when I feel like break from non fiction. Mick the Hick.
P.S. Made me buy some Scythian figures to add to my collection.😁

Not bad; worth the fee if you're into the period.

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Exceptional story and exceptional performance, maybe the best Christian Cameron book across all eras that he covered so far!

Exceptional story and exceptional performance

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it is quite frankly a grind and not particularly motivating. A fair description is that 80% of the book is about hardship and the toll of war, 10% is love, family, and comradery, and then 10% are battles & action, but the 80% is describing a very long March and that is what the book feels like; it lacks pacing, is way too descriptive and repetitive in its descriptions and the mysterious narrative that drives it all is nonsense. I thought I would like Cameron, I enjoyed Alexander, thought Tyrant was ok and informative, and I actually already bought the sequel for this one. I will be requesting a refund, cause I'm never going to be in a mood to listen to this again.

Very slow pacing and irritating mysticism

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