Hello!
Is this thing on??
I've been a Goodreads member for a long time but recently becoming more active and so great to meet and connect with you all!
I'm a screenwriter with my first movie I've written on (the adaptation of the Marvel character RED SONJA) coming out soon, and I'm also an author and have my second novel, YOUNG CONQUERORS, set to be published on Sept 10th!
I think and hope it's something you'll all love, so please feel free to add to your shelves, pre-order, shoot me a note about it if you have further questions, or anything else - it's a historical fiction novel also set in Greece, the land of my ancestors, and in the vein of THE SONG OF ACHILLES. I've pasted the full flap copy below, so very much hope you all enjoy, and let me know what you think!
With best regards,
Christopher
Young Conquerors: A Novel of Hephaestion and Alexandros
A boy who was never meant to be king, a horizon waiting to be explored, a love and legend that moved and created worlds, and has been erased... until now.
Pella, Greece; 341 B.C.
Alexandros is a middle child caught between two warring spouses, born to both a king and queen, but never meant to rule himself. When a mysterious young man arrives from the north, fleeing his own family, and meets Alexandros in a garden in the Macedonian capital, the bond that's created between them will soon become unbreakable and ultimately define both the direction of the Ancient World, and ours.
For fans of The Song of Achilles and Madeline Miller, Young Conquerors is a novel of the vast mysteries of the human heart that gives two of the most important figures in history the love story they deserve and shows how Alexandros, later called "the Great," was shaped, formed, and ultimately turned into the man who would go on to become the greatest conqueror and visionary the world had ever seen, all told through the eyes of the one he loved, and who knew him best.
A beautiful, sweeping, epic, and breathtaking novel from a new and important voice in Greek fiction, this is an intimate and vivid portrait of two of the most famous young men in history as they've never been seen before: caught between youthful ambition and eternal love, and on the precipice of changing the world.
I've been a Goodreads member for a long time but recently becoming more active and so great to meet and connect with you all!
I'm a screenwriter with my first movie I've written on (the adaptation of the Marvel character RED SONJA) coming out soon, and I'm also an author and have my second novel, YOUNG CONQUERORS, set to be published on Sept 10th!
I think and hope it's something you'll all love, so please feel free to add to your shelves, pre-order, shoot me a note about it if you have further questions, or anything else - it's a historical fiction novel also set in Greece, the land of my ancestors, and in the vein of THE SONG OF ACHILLES. I've pasted the full flap copy below, so very much hope you all enjoy, and let me know what you think!
With best regards,
Christopher
Young Conquerors: A Novel of Hephaestion and Alexandros
A boy who was never meant to be king, a horizon waiting to be explored, a love and legend that moved and created worlds, and has been erased... until now.
Pella, Greece; 341 B.C.
Alexandros is a middle child caught between two warring spouses, born to both a king and queen, but never meant to rule himself. When a mysterious young man arrives from the north, fleeing his own family, and meets Alexandros in a garden in the Macedonian capital, the bond that's created between them will soon become unbreakable and ultimately define both the direction of the Ancient World, and ours.
For fans of The Song of Achilles and Madeline Miller, Young Conquerors is a novel of the vast mysteries of the human heart that gives two of the most important figures in history the love story they deserve and shows how Alexandros, later called "the Great," was shaped, formed, and ultimately turned into the man who would go on to become the greatest conqueror and visionary the world had ever seen, all told through the eyes of the one he loved, and who knew him best.
A beautiful, sweeping, epic, and breathtaking novel from a new and important voice in Greek fiction, this is an intimate and vivid portrait of two of the most famous young men in history as they've never been seen before: caught between youthful ambition and eternal love, and on the precipice of changing the world.
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Jul 29, 2024 10:13AM
Thank you, Christopher, for the blog entry. I had read somewhere about the book and fell in love with the cover, simple and efficient! All the best and let's wait till September the 10th!
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Márcio wrote: "Thank you, Christopher, for the blog entry. I had read somewhere about the book and fell in love with the cover, simple and efficient! All the best and let's wait till September the 10th!"Thanks so much for the kind words, can't wait for September, and hope you enjoy!!
Hi Christopher :o)Congratulations on the novel and the movie, too- well done and fingers crossed! Where could one watch the movie? will it be on Netflix/cinema?
I have some Greek roots, too.. and the choice between love and ambition, an eternal dilemma- so beautifully portrayed in one of my favorite books- may be you'd like to read it? Its Red and Black, by Stendhal :o)
Good night,
Jasmine
