An action-packed swashbuckling epic adventure with romance and eyewitness accounts of the heroic battles of Thermopylae and Salamis, featuring Artemisia, princess, warlord and naval commander, and the sinister presence of Mardonius, a Darth Vader-like character, whose menacing shadow darkens two continents with the relentless pursuit of his own personal ambition. The Persian emperor invades Greece to punish the cities which have defied him.. All that...