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Warrior
Warrior has been downloaded over 22,000 times as an iPhone ebook, and has received more than 440 five star reader reviews on iTunes. Now Kindle users can get swept away by this timeless story of betrayal, revenge and sacrifice.
From award-winning author and video game writer Noble Smith comes a heart-pounding action adventure set in the Ancient Greek realm of the film 300 --a dangerous age that eerily mirrors our own time. This cinematic tale will inspire fans of Braveheart , Gladiator and Blood and Sand .
Warrior is based on the "Pearl Harbor" of Ancient Greece--the sneak attack on the city-state of Plataea. This violation of the rules of engagement ignited the bloody thirty-year-long war between the two superpowers of the Athens and Sparta.
Trapped in their own walled city and awaiting extermination, the people of Plataea have only one hope--an Olympian named Nikias. This young athlete has trained since childhood in the no-holds-barred ultimate fighting of the Ancient World (the deadly pankration).
Nikias makes a daring escape from the citadel and gathers his fellow warrior-citizens, including the beautiful young huntress Kallisto, and leads them into a suicidal battle at the very gates of the citadel. First in an epic series.
Noble Smith is an award-winning playwright and author of the adventure novella Stolen from Gypsies (available as an unabridged audiobook from iTunes and in print from Amazon.com). He is the co-executive producer of the Grand Jury Prize-winning feature documentary Protagonist (Netflix) and has worked as a writer and story consultant on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games for Vivendi-Universal, Warner Brothers and Activision-Blizzard. He is currently writing a new series for Machinima.com. Find out more about the book at warriorthenovel.com.
From award-winning author and video game writer Noble Smith comes a heart-pounding action adventure set in the Ancient Greek realm of the film 300 --a dangerous age that eerily mirrors our own time. This cinematic tale will inspire fans of Braveheart , Gladiator and Blood and Sand .
Warrior is based on the "Pearl Harbor" of Ancient Greece--the sneak attack on the city-state of Plataea. This violation of the rules of engagement ignited the bloody thirty-year-long war between the two superpowers of the Athens and Sparta.
Trapped in their own walled city and awaiting extermination, the people of Plataea have only one hope--an Olympian named Nikias. This young athlete has trained since childhood in the no-holds-barred ultimate fighting of the Ancient World (the deadly pankration).
Nikias makes a daring escape from the citadel and gathers his fellow warrior-citizens, including the beautiful young huntress Kallisto, and leads them into a suicidal battle at the very gates of the citadel. First in an epic series.
Noble Smith is an award-winning playwright and author of the adventure novella Stolen from Gypsies (available as an unabridged audiobook from iTunes and in print from Amazon.com). He is the co-executive producer of the Grand Jury Prize-winning feature documentary Protagonist (Netflix) and has worked as a writer and story consultant on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games for Vivendi-Universal, Warner Brothers and Activision-Blizzard. He is currently writing a new series for Machinima.com. Find out more about the book at warriorthenovel.com.
327 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 24, 2010
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About the author
Noble Smith
13 books77 followersI am an award winning playwright, documentary producer, and former Franchise Narrative Director of the Xbox video game series Age of Empires.
My latest novel Draxinger is a paranormal spy-thriller set during The Great War and available as a Kindle exclusive.
My nonfiction book The Wisdom of the Shire is published by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, and has been translated into 8 languages. Kirkus Reviews praised it as "A life-affirming, must-have morsel for Tolkien's colossal fan base."
My historical fiction action/adventure The Nikias of Plataea Trilogy is published by Macmillan. NYT bestselling authors Michael and Kathleen Gear described it as having "Terrific action, with a wickedly brilliant plot, visceral combat, and nail-biting treachery."
My latest novel Draxinger is a paranormal spy-thriller set during The Great War and available as a Kindle exclusive.
My nonfiction book The Wisdom of the Shire is published by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, and has been translated into 8 languages. Kirkus Reviews praised it as "A life-affirming, must-have morsel for Tolkien's colossal fan base."
My historical fiction action/adventure The Nikias of Plataea Trilogy is published by Macmillan. NYT bestselling authors Michael and Kathleen Gear described it as having "Terrific action, with a wickedly brilliant plot, visceral combat, and nail-biting treachery."
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