Leonidas: King of Sparta

By Costas Komborozos

Fear was the enemy. But from fear came courage. And from courage came freedom.

When the boy rose to face the darkness, he glimpsed phobos, intangible fear, peering back at him. The fear looked at him teasingly, infuriatingly, on the verge of withdrawing itself into its own silent rage. He felt that it was his own disembodied dread making its untimely departure. Deep inside, the boy had already become a man.

A dying Xerxes told the tale of Leonidas to a scribe. He was gripped by fear, which gave him the courage to tell his tale in its entirety. In his last moments, he recalled Leonidas' beginning.

When Ionian cities joined the Persian empire, a revolt was quietly overtaking the conquered cities. The Ionian Revolt allowed tyrants to rebel against the Persian crown, and Darius aimed to quash the rebellion through whatever force necessary. When the revolt failed, Darius became more determined than ever to expand his empire. Greece would be the next to fall under the mighty Persian yoke. But little did the Persians realize that the Spartans were unlike any other warriors, for they would take a stand against the might of the Persian empire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530725984
• ISBN13: 9781530725984
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"