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Syracuse Will Burn
by Jim Loughran
Book 1 in the Timon of Syracuse Mystery series.
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Syracuse, 413 BC. Timon, the thirteen-year-old son of a miller, discovers that his disturbing premonitions have a habit of coming true. When he foresees an attack by the Athenian fleet, his warning helps save the city during the Sicilian Expedition. The achievement turns him into the boy believed to have heard the voice of a god, bringing him into contact with generals, priests and politicians who want to control either his gift or the authority it gives him.
By 407 BC, Carthaginian armies are destroying the Greek cities of Sicily and the ambitious Dionysius is building a power base inside Syracuse. After Timon’s mentor, General Hermocrates, is murdered, the young seer follows evidence from the city’s brothels to its ruling councils and uncovers a conspiracy linked to the approaching war. His visions create dilemmas rather than easy answers, forcing him to decide whom he can trust as military emergency becomes the pretext for tyranny. Pre-publication material referred to the novel by the former title Syracuse Must Burn.
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