Max Overton Reviews

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Added August 19, 2005

Lion of Scythia Book 3: Funeral in Babylon

Author: Max Overton
Publisher: Mundania Press
Available At: www.mundania.com
Publishing Date: Available Now
Genre: Fiction: Historical
Format: Trade Paperback and Ebook download in PDF/HTML/LIT
Price: $15.00 paperback, $6.00 ebook
ISBN: 1-59426-073-7 paperback, 1-59426-073-7 ebook
Author Email/Website: www.angelfire.com/ri2/theovertons/
Reviewer: Joyce Handzo
Rating: 9 Gargoyles

Funeral in Babylon is a fitting end to an exceptional trilogy!

The setting for this series broadens its horizons as Nikometros, Tomyra, and a select band of Scythians leave the northern plains and travel to Babylon. As they become part of the Royal court of Alexander the Great, their lives are touched by past circumstances, present alliances and future predictions.

Max Overton is truly a skilled storyteller with a heart for history! These pages take readers back in time to a world where power and cunning ruled. Dynamic dialogue and action filled scenes cause the story to leap from the printed page. Alexander's final days are brilliantly rendered. All of the characters move with a realistic purpose toward an inevitable conclusion.

The many and varied details of this time period are a tribute to the author's research and creativity. Readers will better understand the motives and even the madness that surrounded these people. The political climate of the King's court is both bewildering and bedazzling. Superstitions vie with military strength to carve out a future for this empire. Yet, history has already been written and the author remained true to the past. Now, it's up to the reader to experience it all through the eyes of these characters.

This final installment in the Lion of Scythia trilogy includes all the powerful elements that made the first two books outstanding. The pages are filled with captivating contrasts. Romance rides alongside violent battles, while treachery and trust blindly mingle. Death fights life for supremacy and one man's kingdom becomes every man's desire.

Thanks, Max Overton, for writing a series worth reading!

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