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The Shadow King
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Alexander of Lyncestis survives the murder of Philip II and the execution of his brothers because the new king, Alexander the Great, spares him. Bound to the conqueror by friendship, family rivalry and suspicion, he joins the Macedonian invasion of Persia while others continue to regard him as a possible claimant to the throne.
Across six years of campaigning, Alexander of Lyncestis is caught between loyalty to the king and the grievances of his own house. Persian approaches and accusations of conspiracy turn a military companion into a guarded prisoner whose fate depends on the increasingly absolute power of his namesake.
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