Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander (Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #2)

Persian King Darius is out for blood after the battle of Marathon, deploying an army to vanquish the city of Athens. The citizen soldiers of Athens are prepared with a ruse to stave off invasion, but should their gamble fail, it will be a slaughter.