Spartan Quest (Cloth): The Fire of Ares : Spartan Quest (Hardcover)

from hewayzha

Greece and Sparta always catch my interest. Usually when novels are written about Ancient Greece they are generally about Athens or Athenians, so it was refreshing to find that the author is aware that Greeces' history goes beyond Athens. While realizing that Sparta was very much the opposite of ...

from chibimajo

Lysander is a Helot, a slave who works the fields for Sparta. He longs to help free his people from the injustice of slavery and fight as fiercely as a Spartan. He is given that chance one day, when his grandfather finds him and it is revealed he is half Spartan. He is to enter the agoge and rece...

from bunnyjadwiga

I picked up this first in a juvenile series called "Spartan Quest" think it would be Percy Jackson knockoff fantasy. It turns out, however, to be classic juvenile historical fiction, and rather well done at that. The hero is born a Helot, the Messenian serf-class in Sparta; however, it turns out ...

from janerawoof

Very pleasantly surprised at this fun read. Lysander, a Helot boy in ancient Sparta possesses a pendant called The Fire of Ares. Because of this, an Ephor, Sarpedon, reveals himself to be the boy's grandfather. One of his sons is Lysander's father and his mother is a Helot woman. Lysander and his...

from sirfurboy

This is the first in an exciting series following the life of a young Spartan boy, Lysander. Lysander's mother is a Helot, and lives for many years as a Helot slave before he is doscovered by his grandfather and given the opportunity to joint the punishing Spartan school. He must overcome prejudi...