Acenes of Sparta

Description:

A dragon is the real reason King Leonidas and his 300 died at Thermopylae. 62 years later, the gods send a Spartan boy to slay it. Kalaxes the dragon is older than empires, sworn to Persia's kings, and hungry for gold above every oath he has ever given. As the dragon turns ancient Greece to ash, the Spartan boy, Acenes, is haunted by the dead and driven from Sparta on an impossible quest: recover Leonidas's god-forged spear and shield before Kalaxes burns Sparta and all Greece to the ground. But every step toward the dragon asks the same question. Can one slay a monster without becoming one yourself? A dark historical fantasy of gods, ghosts, war, and Greek philosophy and dragon mythology. Illustrated with 54 original plates. For adult and mature teen readers.

subjects: Historical fantasy,  Dark fantasy,  Dragons,  Greek mythology,  Spartans,  Fiction

People: Leonidas I,  King of Sparta,  Xerxes I,  King of Persia

Places: Sparta,  Thermopylae,  Ancient Greece

Times: 480 B.C.