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NeoSparta

David DowneyAugust 5, 2016

David Downey

In 346 BC, a young Alexander the Great persuades his father to attack the military city-state of Sparta.

That fateful event is the snowflake that triggers an avalanche of an alternative history spanning 2,300 years, marking the end of ancient Greece as we know it, and resulting in a Sparta ascendant.

And now in modern times, Xenophon, Sparta’s Ambassador to the United States, must use all his strength, wits, and cunning to quell an escalating crisis between a crippled US and a Spartan Empire all too eager for war.

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About the author

David Downey is the author of NeoSparta, the short story collection Goddess, and the apocalyptic horror novel The Alpha And The Omega.

He currently lives in San Jose, California, where he works as an engineer, to support his career as a writer.

He is working on the opening novella of a sci-fi serial.

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Publisher

David Downey

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Published on

Aug 5, 2016

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Pages

100

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ISBN

9781534946538

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Features

Flowing text, Google-generated PDF

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Language

English

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