Pressfield, Steven

Alexander the Great's campaign in Afghanistan began in the summer of 330 BC. This novel tells the story of this ruthless conflict from the perspective of a young Macedonian recruit, Matthias who's volunteered to join the leader he worships on this ambitious expedition into an alien, unknown count...

The bestselling novelist of ancient warfare returns with a riveting historical novel that re-creates Alexander the Great’s invasion of the Afghan kingdoms in 330 b.c.In a story that might have been ripped from today’s combat dispatches, Steven Pressfield brings to life the confrontation between a...