Tyrant- Funeral Games by Christian Cameron

The third novel of Christian Cameron's Tyrant series is, quite possibly, his best yet. Set in the aftermath of the death of Alexander the Great as his generals battle to carve up his Empire the story follows the escape of Satyrus and Melitta from the sack of Tanais following the betrayal and murder of their mother Srayanka. I am here assuming knowledge of the previous two volumes. The twins supported as always by their Spartan tutor Philokles flee to Heraklea and thence on to Alexandria pursued by assassins as they seek to contact friends of their late father now working as mercenaries for Ptolomey who has made himself Lord of Egypt. The primary sources for this period of history are sparse but Mr Cameron uses his imagination and a true gift for narrative to produce a stunning page- turner of a novel with never a false note to spoil ones enjoyment. Roll on volume four.