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Marathon

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by Christian Cameron


  book than to any other – first, as an agent, in al the usual ways,

  and then later, coming to Greece and taking part in al the

  excitement of seeing Lesbos and Athens and taking us to

  Archaeon Gefsis, a restaurant that attempts to take the customer

  back to the ancient world. Thanks for everything, Sheley, and

  the dinner not the least!

  I’m lucky that my friends stil volunteer to read my

  manuscripts and criticize them: Robert Sulentic, Rebecca Jordan

  (who also maintains the websites at www.hippeis.com and

  www.plataians.org), Jenny Carrier, Matt Heppe, Aurora

  Simmons and Kate Boggs. Thanks to you, this is a better book.

  Christine Szego and the staff and management of my local

  bookstore, Bakka-Phoenix of Toronto, also deserve my thanks,

  as I tend to walk in and spout fifteen minutes’ worth of plot,

  character, dialogue or just news – writing can be lonely work,

  and it is good to have people to talk to. And they throw a great

  book launch.

  As usual, this book was written, almost every word, at the

  Luna Café in Toronto, where I sit at my table, take up another

  table with Barrington’s Classical Atlas, and despite that, get

  served superb coffee, good humour and excelent food al day.

  It is odd, isn’t it, that authors always save their families for

  last? Realy, it’s the done thing. So I’l do it, too, even though my

  wife should get mentioned at every stage – after al, she’s a

  reenactor, too, she had useful observations on al kinds of things

  we both read (Athenian textiles is what realy comes to mind,

  though) and, in addition, more than even Ms Szego, Sarah has to

  listen to the endless enthusiasms I develop about history while

  writing (the words ‘did you know’ probably cause her more

  horror than anything else you can think of ). My daughter,

  Beatrice, is also a reenactor, and her ability to portray the life of

  a real child is amazing. My father, Kenneth Cameron, taught me

  most of what I know about writing, and continues to provide

  excelent advice – and to listen to my complaints about the

  process, which may be the greater service.

  Having said al that, it’s hard to say what exactly I can lay

  claim to, if you like this book. I had a great deal of help, and I

  appreciate it. Thanks. And when you find misspeled words,

  sailing directions reversed and historical errors – why, then you’l

  know that I, too, had something to add. Because al the errors

  are solely mine.

  Also by Christian Cameron

  THE TYRANT SERIES

  Tyrant

  Tyrant: Storm of Arrows

  Tyrant: Funeral Games

  Tyrant: King of the Bosporus

  THE KILLER OF MEN SERIES

  Kiler of Men

  OTHER NOVELS

  Washington and Caesar

  AN ORION EBOOK

  First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Orion Books

  This eBook first published in 2011 by Orion Books

  Copyright © Christian Cameron 2011

  The moral right of Christian Cameron to be identified as the author of this

  work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and

  Patents Act 1988.

  All characters and events in this publication, except those already in the

  public domain, are fictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living

  or dead, is purely coincidental.

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored

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  the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise

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  published without a similar condition, including this condition, being

  imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

  ISBN 978 1 4091 1410 9

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  Table of Contents

  Part I

  Part II

  Part I

  Part II

  Table of Contents

  Part I

  Part II

  Part I

  Part II

 

 

 


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