Hero, the Amazon: An Historical Romance

Love, Adventure, War and Survival! They're all in this breakthrough new historical romance, based on meticulous research, by Sam Bonnany set in Bronze Age Crete. The proud, independent Hero, a captured Amazon warrior, is sold on to a wealthy merchant where, she encounters some of the less pleasant aspects of life as a slave. After the merchant's sudden death his nephew, Aito, inherits Hero with his uncle's estate, and takes her into battle with him. The two begin to fall in love, but before they can speak of it, Hero is taken captive. Determined to rejoin Aito, she organizes an escape and fights her way to freedom and a dramatic change in fortune. Reunited with the man she loves, the pair discovers they have made powerful enemies among the mighty Phoenicians and face death at their hands. Even the gods seem to be against them as their love, courage and faith are tried to the utmost when, fleeing their enemies, Hero and Aito are caught up in the greatest natural catastrophe of the ancient Mediterranean world!