Epic historical fiction in the style of Bernard Cornwall and Conn Igguidon, with elements of magical realism, the Alexandros Trilogy tells the story of Hephaistion, a young boy living in the court and army of Philip II, King of Macedon, who witnesses the rise to power of Philip's son, Alexandros, better know to us as Alexander the Great. While the book delves into the politics of the time, it is most specifically about the relationship between Hephaistion and the young Alexandros, and how the relationship affects - and is affected in turn by - events around them.
The trilogy covers the lives of Hephaistion and Alexander, to Hephaistion's death, eight months before Alexander's at 32. The chief relationship in the novel is between the two young men. it is mainstream historical fiction dealing with the daily lives of the characters in their setting, Ancient Greece in the 4th century BC, encompassing themes of love, ambition and destiny.
A powerful and dramatic first book from a new novelist, 'The Lion's Club' takes Alexander from boyhood to his first military victory and the death of his father.
