Mithridates: The New Alexander: The Black Sea Kingdom Series, Book 1

by Ingrid de Haas

When the Romans defeated Hannibal, ending the Second Punic War, they thought that they had faced their most lethal enemy ever. They were wrong. More than a century later they had to face Mithridates VI in three wars.
Mithridates VI of Pontus had it all: amazing wealth, looks, brains, and a kingdom to call his own.
He was also seen as a quasi-god by many nations around the Black Sea and by the Greeks, one who would help them get rid of enemies and oppressors such as the Romans.
But he also had a cruel streak, and didn’t think twice before torturing and killing anyone who crossed him, including his mother, his wife, and his sons.
Mithridates surrounded himself with helpful people: advisers, intellectuals, good generals and soldiers, and even physicians. One of them, Kratevas, “the Joseph Mengele of the ancient world,” helped him perfect a universal antidote against poisoning, all the while enjoying carte blanche to experiment on whatever and whomever he wanted.
Book 1 opens around 130 BC with Mithridates as a seven-year-old prince and takes the reader all the way through 90 BC when he is a king in his forties.

102 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 26, 2016

About the author

Ingrid de Haas spent the first half of her life traveling and living in various countries. When she was finally forced to settle down she decided to move through time. After obtaining a PhD in ancient Roman history, she began to write fiction and non-fiction. She especially likes to take her readers to the distant past, where they can visit women who can take care of themselves. Among her ebooks are Roman Arms: Huntress and Queens of the Ancient World: From A(da) to Z(enobia), both published by Endeavour Press. Her most recent books are Selene and Pompey's Son: A Novel of Caesar's Civil Wars and Magic and Poison: Medea's True Story.