Strategos: Rise of the Golden Heart
Gordon Doherty
Even in the darkness of war, there is always a flicker of hope.
AD 1068. The Seljuk Sultanate tears at Byzantium’s borders. Alp Arslan’s armies grow stronger with every victory, while the Byzantines forces dwindle, the hope in their hearts guttering its last. All cry out for a new warrior emperor to lead them to salvation.
This war has been Apion’s mistress for many years now. As Strategos – high general – of the Chaldian border army, he is driven, shrewd and fearless.
When news emerges that a new soldier-emperor, Romanus Diogenes, is to be crowned, Apion is summoned to Constantinople to witness the ascension. It is not the formality he expects. Instead, he is lured into a lethal plot, where enemies within seek to divert power into the hands of another.
Then reports arrive of a renewed Seljuk assault on the Byzantine borders. Apion must use all his wits to guide Diogenes safely onto the throne, and then spirit him to the head of the army to meet the Seljuk threat… and to give the soldiers back their hope.
Other books by Gordon Doherty
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Legionary: The Emperor’s Shield
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Strategos: Island in the Storm
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Empires of Bronze: The Dark Earth
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Empires of Bronze: The Shadow of Troy
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Gods of Rome
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Legionary: Empire of Shades
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Empires of Bronze: The Crimson Throne
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Masters of Rome
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Empires of Bronze: Thunder at Kadesh
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Empires of Bronze: Dawn of War
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Legionary: Dark Eagle
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Empires of Bronze: Son of Ishtar
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Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
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Legionary: The Blood Road
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Legionary: Gods & Emperors
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Legionary: The Scourge of Thracia
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Legionary
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Legionary: Land of the Sacred Fire
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Legionary: Viper of the North
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Strategos: Born in the Borderlands