The New Achilles
Meet the greatest Greek general you've never heard of: Philopoemen. In his day, a leader as skilled and as dangerous as Hannibal: a ferocious fighter, a superb general, and credited as the inventor of modern 'special operations'. More importantly, he was a brilliant political leader. He commanded Greek forces at the turn of the third century BC, when mighty Rome, fresh from the destruction of Carthage, and Imperial Macedon, the greatest power of the day, chose Greece as their battlefield. In a world of rival empires, slave-taking cartels, piracy, terrorism and failed states, will Philopoemen be able to hold anything together?
Reviews
Amira BEN@amirasreading
I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. I found this book from C Cameron weaker that God Of War. The plot wasn't really engaging. I didn't find myself invested enough in the political plots going on and trust me I love political History of ancient civilisations. Also the characters, I didn't connect with them. They were plain imo. Especially Alexanor, I didn't like his way of thinking (I know it's the 3th cent BCE but still) and he was quite passive. And imo, Philopoemen kind of lacked charisma for someone called the New Achilles. To make it short, I wished the characters were more endearing.