Alexander the Great Trilogy

The Alexander trilogy follows Alexander from childhood at the Macedonian court through the conquest of the Achaemenid Empire and into the violent struggle that followed his death. Fire from Heaven concentrates on his formation under Philip II, Olympias and Aristotle; The Persian Boy narrates the later campaigns through Bagoas, a Persian courtier who becomes Alexander's companion.

Funeral Games shifts to the generals, royal women and heirs competing for the empire after 323 BC. Together, the novels combine intimate relationships with the political and military transformation that created the Hellenistic world.