There are only two kinds of women in the Piraeus, Athens' gritty port. When a woman who is neither blinks into the shade of a noontime tavern, Skaphis finds himself sucked into the underside of Athenian society, black-market trading, extortion, political payback, repressed desire, and murder. In 400 BC, Athens is at a low point: with its fleet forcibly disbanded, its walls torn down by the Spartans, and its political power only recently wrested back from the oligarchs. As a former fleet rower, and a democratic counter-revolutionary, Skaphis is used to fighting for his life. But his weapons have always been his strong oar-arms, his dagger and his spear. Now, in order to survive, he must use his wits, and even the law.
- | Author: Philip Todd
- | Publisher: Papyngay Press
- | Publication Date: May 07, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 262 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0975574957
- | ISBN-13: 9780975574959
- Author:
- Philip Todd
- Publisher:
- Papyngay Press
- Publication Date:
- May 07, 2015
- Number of pages:
- 262 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0975574957
- ISBN-13:
- 9780975574959