The Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden

Conn Iggulden the bestselling author of the Emperor Conqueror and The Wars of the Roses series returns to the Ancient World with a ferociously bloody epic . . . In the Ancient World one army was feared above all others. 401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. As many as fifty million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute. Though the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . . Yet battles can be won or lost with Paperback softback