The Golden Hope: A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great

Athens stirs awake beneath the Mediterranean sun, and three friends ride out from Thebes with the weight of Greece on their shoulders. Clearchus dreams of marriage to Artemisia, but the ancient world is shifting: Macedonia rises, war clouds gather on the horizon, and political tensions pull at the fabric of the Greek city-states. When word arrives that Artemisia has been stolen away, the friends must abandon their private hopes and embark on a desperate quest through a landscape thick with danger, intrigue, and the shadow of the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. Robert H. Fuller renders the ancient world with period flair, capturing the particular textures of classical Greece, its philosophical debates and martial traditions, while spinning a yarn built on friendship and loyalty tested by extremes. The quest to rescue Artemisia becomes more than a rescue; it becomes a crucible in which bonds forged in youth are either strengthened or shattered forever.