{"product_id":"9781684112937","title":"Freaks and Greeks","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKNOW THYSELF\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe words are carved into the temple wall, but Miltiades of Athens doesn't need their advice. He already knows who he is... a dull man, a spectator, someone who reads about the heroes of the past, unlikely to ever be one himself.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Or is he?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSent by the tyrants who killed his father to re-establish contact with a far flung colony near the Black Sea, Miltiades begins to find he may be more of a leader than he - or his family - expected.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe risks are great. From fractious Thracian neighbours to the growing power of the Persian Empire, and the knowledge that someone in his camp is acting as a spy.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAnd there is worse. A black flood is rising. A terrible sickness, spreading across the ancient world, that brings the dead back from the afterlife. And when they return, they are \u003cem\u003ehungry\u003c\/em\u003e. Unleashed by the Egyptians in their greed for immortality, and fanned by the Persians as a weapon in their hunger for empire, it threatens the existence of Miltiades' little city-state and all he holds dear.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAnd not just them - for the Persian's eyes are on the city of Athens itself, where a strange experiment is taking place: power is being held not by kings or the wealthy, but shared by all the citizens, together. They call it \u003cem\u003edemos kratia\u003c\/em\u003e. But this small flame of freedom will lost unless Miltiades can stand against the tide.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe forces are gathering. The battle is here. A race for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAt Marathon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tar \u0026 Feather Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135286132976,"sku":"9781684112937","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781684112937_p0.jpg?v=1763703162","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781684112937","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}