Empire Rising - Couverture souple

Barone, Sam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060892471 ISBN 13 : 9780060892470

Editeur : Harper, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Barone Sam

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

At the dawn of history, a warrior king has defeated a vast barbarian army in Mesopotamia and established the world's first city.

But Esskar knows that Akkad cannot survive unless the violent gangs who roam the desert edge intent on bloodshed, rape and pillage are vanquished. Leaving Trella, his beautiful wife, in charge of the city he sallies out to mop up his remaining enemies and consolidate his conquest.

But he has left the door open to the greatest threat of all. An Egyptian general has somehow crossed the desert with the remains of his army and enough gold to buy every mercenary to his cause. He will take Akkad and Trella. And Esskar will be left outside with only his wits and a handful of men to win back the city, his wife and their unborn son.

Praise for Dawn of Empire

'There is an inherent, delicious sense of tension throughout, until the final unleashing of pure, bloody slaughter' Kirkus

'Beautifully imagined and researched adventure, with terrific action' Diana Gabaldon

Revue de presse :

“Never boring...the setting is convincingly rendered, and the characters--heroes and villains--are sharply drawn.” (Publishers Weekly)

“EMPIRE RISING is a winner from the first page to the last. Highly recommended.” (John Lescroart)

“Barone knows his stuff and writes fluently of life, love, and war.” (John Lescroart)

“If Bernard Cornwell and Diana Gabaldon decided to collaborate on a novel, the result would be something like this.” (Arizona Republic)

“Equal parts history lesson, love story and war saga, Barone’s first historical will have readers turning pages.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Beautifully imagined and researched adventure, with terrific action!” (Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author)

“[A] wonderful book! Big, passionate, powerful, epic...sheer story-telling prowess. I couldn’t put it down!” (--John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of THE HUNT CLUB)

“[A] compelling first novel ...Readers will find it hard to put down this dramatic tale of conflict.” (Library Journal)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060892471
• ISBN 13: 9780060892470
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 576