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Warrior of Ishtar by Peter Darman

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Warrior of Ishtar

by Peter Darman

Historical Fiction

The gods watch. Kings command. But warriors decide history. Born to a slave woman, raised among the dust and hardship of ancient Persia, Kian Mihran expects nothing from life except survival. But courage has a way of changing destiny. When a chance encounter brings the young warrior to the attention of Cyrus, ... the ambitious King of Persia, Kian is drawn into a world of kings, priests and empires on the brink of transformation. As Cyrus begins the campaign that will forge the greatest empire the ancient world has yet seen, Kian must prove himself on battlefields stretching from the mountains of Media to the plains of Babylon. Yet the enemies he faces are not only soldiers. Assassins hunt him. Ancient rivalries threaten to destroy those he loves. Powerful priests fear the rise of a new empire, while the gods themselves seem determined to shape his destiny. Marked by Ishtar, tested by war and torn between love and duty, Kian discovers that true greatness is measured not by birth, but by the choices a person makes. From the splendour of Babylon to the Oracle of Delphi, from brutal cavalry battles to intimate moments of loyalty, sacrifice and hope, Warrior of Ishtar is the second volume in the Satrap series, which tells the story of Kian Mihran who rises in the ranks of the army of Cyrus the Great, the warrior king who founded the Persian Empire in the sixth century BC. A map of ancient Persia and the surrounding kingdoms and empires at this time is available to download for fr

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The Parthian (Parthian Chronicles Book 1)

by Peter Darman

Historical Fiction

When Rome transgresses upon his father's domain that lays between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Pacorus, a prince of the Parthian Empire, is sent to exact revenge. After a string of victories Pacorus and his men are captured in Cappadocia, clapped in chains and sent to Italy to live out the rest of their days as slaves. But ... fate intervenes and Pacorus and his companions are saved from a living hell by a renegade gladiator named Spartacus. In gratitude, Pacorus agrees to help Spartacus build his army as Rome musters its legions to crush the slave uprising. And so begins an epic adventure of glory and savagery played out across the length and breadth of Italy, as Spartacus defeats the armies of Rome and Pacorus leads his horsemen to victory after victory. But will Pacorous and the slave army escape from Italy, and will he win the love of the fierce and proud Gallia before the most powerful man in Rome, Marcus Licinius Crassus, takes the field against Spartacus? A map of the Parthian Empire at the time of Pacorus (the 1st Century BC) can be found on the maps page of my website: www.peterdarman.com "Darman has researched this novel extremely well, as one would expect with his military non-fiction background. This detail is meshed with great story telling which flows along with great gusto. Less for the fact that this book is about a Parthian rather than a Roman, I would describe it as a ‘Roman Sharpe’. Darman’s style is similar to and as good as Bernard Cornwell’s, one of

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