H.N. Turteltaub

Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure

Over the Wine-Dark Sea (Jul-2001)
The Sacred Land (Dec-2003)
Owls to Athens (Dec-2004)

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  Justinian
  

  • Aug-1998
  • / Historical
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  Born to the throne of Byzantium -- the New Rome -- Justinian II was determined to bow to no man. Headstrong and stubborn, he fought with the very nobles on whom his reign depended. And so he was overthrown, mutilated, and exiled to beyond the Black S...

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  Over the Wine-Dark Sea
  

  • Jul-2001
  • / General Fiction
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  Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure
  

  
  Menedemos was born with enough confidence for three men, and he can switch from threats to charm and back again. But he can also be foolhardy--for instance, risking everything for the chance at another man's wife. Sostratos can perform unheard-of...

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  The Gryphon's Skull
  

  • Dec-2002
  • / Fantasy
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  Menedemos, the dashing young sea captain, and his helper (and cousin),  the scholarly Sostratos, are back in a new adventure.Soon after their successful return to Rhodes, the two cousins find that  Greece is a dangerous place after the deat...

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  The Sacred Land
  

  • Dec-2003
  • / General Fiction
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  Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure
  

  IT'S A HARD DAY'S WORK, HUSTLING FOR AN HONEST DRACHMA Menedemos and Sostratos, dauntless traders of the third century B.C., have set sail again--this time to Phoenicia. There Menedemos will spend the summer wheeling and dealing, while cousin Sost...

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  Owls to Athens
  

  • Dec-2004
  • / Fantasy
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  Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure
  

  
  Cousins Menedemos and Sostratos are preparing for a trading expedition to Athens. While philosophy-minded Sostratos is thrilled to return to Athens, Menedemos is both reluctant to leave his father's wife Baukis, with whom he has fallen in love, a...

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