But in his latest release, the illmade knight, he delivers a novel set during the 100 years war book one of what will no doubt prove to be a powerful new series. Killer of men long war by christian cameron august 2, 2011. Roughandtumble bumpkin from plataea learns to master his body, the sword and shield, and eventually his mind. Freedom or death, poseidons spear, and several more. Christian cameron also miles cameron, author of the red knight and fell sword was born in the us, in pittsburg pa, in 1962 and grew up in rochester, ny and iowa city, iowa, as well as rockport ma. Dopo una lunga carriera da ufficiale nella marina statunitense, ha deciso di dedicarsi completamente alla scrittura. Order in the next 12 hours 4 minutes and get it by thursday, february 20. The new achilles commanders 1 the last greek commanders 2 alan craik. Christian cameron audio books, best sellers, author bio. Narrated in the first person, the series is set during the persian wars. Christian cameron also miles cameron is a military veteran and a lifelong reenactor and history addict. Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native plataea and their overbearing neighbours, thebes. Starting with tyrant, christian cameron has become the preeminent writer of our time for historical fiction set in classical greece and he has been getting only better in both style and structure the research was always there as was the atmosphere and the larger than life characters but the first two books had the occasional narrative wall and structural problems like the. Night trap alan craik 1 peacemaker alan craik 2 top hook alan craik 3 hostile.
Christian cameron talks chivalry, the hundred years war. The great king the long war cameron, christian isbn. He writes the tyrant, long war, tom swan and the head of st. The long war arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native plataea and their overbearing neighbours, thebes. Sir william gold is looking forward to a lucrative career as a hired sword in the endless warring between italys citystates. Read online long war series by christian cameron in pdf. If you are into historical fiction give christian cameron a read.
But it was too much work for me and my friends who maintain websites for me to be two people. I confess that i identify with william gold more than with ptolemy in god of war or arimnestos in the long war series. A series that covers the whole of the persian wars from a firstperson point of view, while deliberately playing with some of the readers perceptions of. The long war series is camerons second historical series, also published by orion in the uk. The long war is a series of historical fiction by canadian novelist christian cameron. In the dust and heat of marathon, in the clash of shields and the rush of spears, amid the thunder of hooves and the screams of the dying, those dreams will undergo their fiercest test and arimnestos and his greek comrades will discover the true price of freedom. Long war series 6 primary works 6 total works a series that covers the whole of the persian wars from a firstperson point of view, while deliberately playing with some of the readers perceptions of both history and the way that adventure or boys own genre fiction is written. Its the 5th century bc and the old warrior arimnestos of plataea is telling his daughter about his improbable youthful exploits at the time of the persian wars. Seven forges book iv by james moore, until i finish this series. Christian cameron is a writer and military historian. Christian cameron is a writer, reenactor and military historian.
Long war is a series of historical novels written by usborn canadian christian cameron. See the complete long war series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The long war chronicles arimnestos incredible journey from slave to soldier to hero across the tumult of the grecopersian wars, culminating in the battle of. The americancanadian author named cameron has written five series in total and some standalone novels. The series follows arimnestos of plataea throughout the conflict between the greeks and the persians from his time as a farmboy, to being sold into slavery, to becoming a hero and beyond. Read pdf marathon freedom or death long war 2 christian cameron marathon freedom or death long war 2 christian cameron marathon freedom or death long marathon is the second book in the long war series. Im on the fourth now and have put off reading the the silent army. Another novel written by the americancanadian author cameron in the long war series is titled poseidons spear and was published by orion on th september of the year 2012. Marathon freedom or death long war 2 christian cameron.
The long war chronicles arimnestos incredible journey from slave to soldier to hero across the tumult of the grecopersian wars, culminating in the battle of plataea. The main character of the book is arimnestos, who is a farm boy. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Our storyteller comes in the form of william gold, a manatarms who climbs his way up the ranks of chivalry. In the epic clash of greece and persia, a hero is forged a. The author of the tyrant series, the long war series, the chivalry series and the traitor son books, red knight. Christian cameron has also written books with his father kenneth cameron, under the pseudonym of gordon kent. Camerons series covers the persian wars from the firstperson point of view of a historical figure, arimnestos of plataea.
The new achilles by christian cameron the unseen library. He brings the greekpersian culture clash to life through the eyes of his protagonist, arimnestos. Killer of men long war, book 1 by christian cameron book cover, description, publication history. One of them is the long war series and the first book in this series is titled killer of men and was published by orion on 8th january of the year 2010. Marathon is the second of four books in the long war series. The long war published by orion publishing group killer of men begins the story of arimnestos, journeying through a world poised on the brink of an epic confrontation as the emerging civilization of the greeks starts to flex its muscles against the established empire of the persians. Author cameron has done the narration of the books of this fascinating series in first person. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
The book contains a well documented expansive glossary, as well as an informative piece of note with names and personages, and not to forget two welldrawn maps, and that all at the beginning of the book, while at the end youll find. Christian cameron is best known for his fiction set in ancient greece, as seen in both his tyrant and long war series. After a dozen years of service, he became a full time writer in 2000. He lives in toronto, canada with his wife and daughter and one cat. Marathon long war, book 2 by christian cameron book cover, description, publication history. Readers have found this book a superb one showing the hypocrite world of the ancient greece and an epic war between the greece and athens. George and the traitor son cycle series in addition to the alan craik series as gordon kent.
Killer of men long war 1 marathon long war 2 poseidons spear long war 3 the great king long war 4 salamis long war 5 rage of ares long war 6 commanders. He attended high school at mcquaid jesuit high school in rochester ny and got an honors ba in medieval history at the university of rochester. Marathon the battle of marathon in 490 bc was one of historys great turning points the first time the greeks managed to defeat the persians in a pitched battle. In short, i needed good, solid entertainment and by chance i unearthed a series that was just the ticket. The ratings are good but as one of my friends pointed out, the number of people whove rated the books are less, so the higher rating. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Read book killer of men long war 1 christian cameron christian cameron hence simple. Long war 2 books in series sangre guerrera 2011 language. He is a veteran of the united states navy, where he served as both an aviator and an intelligence officer. Christian cameron is an americancanadian author of historical fiction novels, and also has written military thriller novels with his father, kenneth cameron, under the pen name of gordon kent.
Im a big fan of greek mythology and i came across this series while going through the goodreads recommendation. Poseidons spear by christian cameron 20, paperback. The long sword audiobook christian cameron audible. Poseidons spear the long war kindle edition by christian cameron author format. He writes three to five books a year, mostly about history. William gold has in him a number of men i respectand a little of me. The long war book series by christian cameron includes books killer of men, marathon. This gripping book by christian cameron is the 5th volume of the very exciting killer of menlong war series. Standing in the battle line for the first time, alongside his father and brother, he shares in a famous and unlikely victory. I am miles cameron as well as being christian cameron. But when a message comes from the grand master of the hospitaliers, william is forced to leave his dreams of fa. Christian can be found on his website at or as miles cameron at. Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native plataea and and their.
The long war series is yet another fascinating historical fiction book series written by one of the well known novelists from canada named christian cameron. Killer of men long war 1 by christian cameron marathon long war 2. Marathon long war, book 2 by christian cameron fantastic fiction. There is a total of 6 books in this series, which were released between the years 2010 and 2016.