Marathon : freedom or death
(Book - Regular Print)

"Arimnestos of Plataea grew up wanting to be a bronze-smith, like his father. Then in the chaos of war, he was taken to a city in the Persian empire and sold as a slave. To win his freedom he had to show that he could fight and kill. Now to preserve that freedom, he must kill again. For the Persians are coming. A vast army sent by King Darius to put down the rebellious Greeks and burn the city of Athens to the ground. Standing against them on the plain of Marathon, a much smaller force of Athenians, alongside their Plataean allies ..."--Publisher description.