Ben Mercer joins a high-stakes archeological dig of ancient Spartan ruins only to find that his colleagues mirror the ancient Spartans in many ways and discover that the ruins contain long-buried secrets, in a book by a Pen Award winner that weaves scenes of ancient Sparta with the modern story. Original. 30,000 first printing.
Ben Mercer's marriage has failed, his thesis on ancient Sparta is unfinished, and he's working a grisly job at a meat kitchen. Eventually he takes a job as an archeological digger at Sparta itself, where he finds himself powerfully attracted to five other members of the research team, members who seem to share a secret, and who often act as if they are following the pitiless philosophy of the Spartans themselves. Poet Tobias Hill has crafted a wonderfully chilling novel that effortlessly combines philosophy and history with all the suspense of a top-notch thriller.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes, Fiction + Literature Genres
- Subgenre: Work + the Workplace, Family + Friendship, Action + Thrillers, General
- Publisher: Perennial
- Pages: 353
- Edition: Original
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: October 1, 2009
- Date Published: October 1, 2009
- Author: Tobias Hill