Last of the Amazons - by Steven Pressfield (Paperback)

About the Book

From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Gates of Fire" comes a stunning epic of love and war that breathes authentic life into the grand myth of the ferocious female warrior culture of the Amazons.

Book Synopsis

An "inventive [and] epic" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) novel of the ancient world that breathes life into the grand myth of the ferocious female warrior culture of the Amazons, from the bestselling author of Gates of Fire

"Thoroughly gripping [with] the best battle scenes I've ever read."--Diana Gabaldon

In the time before Homer, the legendary Theseus, king of Athens, set sail on a journey that brought him into the land of tal Kyrte, the nation of proud female warriors whom the Greeks called Amazons. The Amazons, bound to each other as lovers as well as fighters, distrusted the Greeks, with their boastful talk of "civilization." So when the great war queen Antiope fell in love with Theseus and fled with the Greeks, the mighty Amazon nation rose up in rage.

In the eternal clash between freedom and civilization, love and loyalty, man and woman, lies a masterful tale of war and revenge with the power to enchant, seduce, and inspire.

Review Quotes

"Beyond the best battle scenes I've ever read--brutal, bloody, and thoroughly gripping--Pressfield has an amazing grasp of the savage mind, and the precarious nature of civilization."--Diana Gabaldon

"Pressfield's battlefield scenes rank with the most convincing ever written."--USA Today

"Inventive . . . epic . . . a rousing adventure."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Makes the distant past seem real and immediate. This is historical fiction elevated to the status of myth."--Daniel Silva, author of The English Assassin

"To combine erudition, fluency, and storytelling is an impossible hat trick. . . . Pressfield gives us Thermopylae, Alcibiades, and now, the Amazons as compellingly as Patrick O'Brian gave us the Royal Navy. The high merit of his scholarship is eclipsed, indeed, obliterated, by the merit of his acts of imagination."--David Mamet

"Fascinating . . . the best book of the summer."--The Houston Chronicle

"A master storyteller . . . [a] gripping tale of epic battle."--Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

"A novel of adventure, romance . . . [and] vivid imagination. . . . Pressfield's novels bridge past and present."--Albuquerque Journal

"Pressfield's splendid tale of valor, honor, and comradeship memorializes those women whose lives and deeds have faded into the mists of legend."--Library Journal

"Solid entertainment . . . Like James Clavell before him, Pressfield can take small, intimate daily details . . . and blend them into his story."--Fort Worth Morning Star Telegram

"Pressfield's javelin is his pen and he wields it well."--Publishers Weekly

"A joy to read . . . Pressfield writes with a quality and style akin to classical legend . . . A powerful elegy to the world that wasn't to be, as well as a profound dialogue between civilization and 'savagery.'"--SFX Magazine

About the Author

STEVEN PRESSFIELD is the author of the novels The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, and Tides of War. He lives in Los Angeles.