โ Chandra, Vikram
๐ Fiction
๐
2008;2007
๐ Penguin Books Ltd
๐ English
โ 678 KB
โฆ LIBER โฆ
Sacred Games
โ Scribed by Gary Corby
- Publisher
- Soho Press;Soho Crime
- Year
- 2013;2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
The third book in the critically acclaimed series set in Classical Athens, featuring the historically-inspired amateur detective Nicolaos.
It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Parmonos from Sparta. When Parmonos is found beaten to death, it is obvious Timodemus must be the killer. Who else could have killed the second-best fighter in all Hellas but the very best? The Judges of the Games sentence Timodemus to be executed in four days' time, as soon as the Sacred Games have finished.
Complicating everything is the fact that Athens and Sparta are already at each other's throats, in the opening stages of a power struggle for control of Hellas. If an Athenian is found to have cheated at the Games by murdering a Spartan, it will be everything the hawks in Sparta need to declare open war the moment the Sacred...
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