A campaign of murder as Alexander nears his greatest challenge It is 334 BC. Alexander the Great and his troops march towards the strategically important city of Halicarnassus, with the aim of bringing it to its knees. But the city's commanders, Memnon of Rhodes, the Persian Orontobates and the Greek renegade, Ephialtes, plot to ensure that Alexander will meet his nemesis at their gates. A series of brutal killings begins proving that the Persians have infiltrated Alexander's court. With his lord facing the fight of his life, Alexander's boyhood friend Telamon must go through "the Gates of Hell" to find the traitors - but all the while the ever-cunning Alexander keeps his counsel and pursues his own plans to foil his enemies.… (more) |