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St. Martin's Press
April 2015
On Sale: April 14, 2015
Featuring: Alexander the Great; Gajendra
ISBN: 1250050839
EAN: 9781250050830
Kindle: B00NS317M6
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Fiction | Historical
A sweeping tale of courage, honor, and betrayal in the army
of Alexander the Great Babylon, 323 BC. Alexander the Great has survived every
effort to kill him. Restless, ruthless, he wonders which
world to conquer next. He has a powerful new weapon—the war
elephants he brought back from India. He also has a conquest
in mind—the fabulous empire of Carthage. As Alexander plots, a war elephant named Colossus violently
lashes out against the soldiers who are tormenting him, and
only one trainer has the courage to calm the massive beast.
When Alexander notices the young man’s bravery, Gajendra
begins a meteoric climb through the ranks of the Macedonian
army, protected by the fierce but devoted Colossus. As captain of the elephants, Gajendra is deeply loyal to
Alexander, the great General who plucked him from obscurity.
But as he sees how luxury and power have corrupted his
champion, he faces a terrible choice: Just as Gajendra
glimpses the ultimate prize, he realizes that in order to
become the heir to Alexander's throne and gain all he’s
dreamed of, he must betray everything he loves...Colossus is
an epic tale of immense evil, pitiless gods and burning
cities, of dwarves, priestesses and kings, and of the
profound friendship between animal and master. It is the
story of two men—one with boundless ambition, and one who
reaches for undreamed-of power, all set against the warp of
history as Alexander's army approaches the gates of Rome.
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