The Spartan | Historical Romance
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660 B.C.
Chaos and torment surround Laconia as the Spartans have settled and claimed its territory. Once a free woman, Agathi soon finds herself a slave with the promise of freedom being a secret desire. The future seems hopeless until she catches the eye of a Spartan warrior related to her new master.
Adrastos is a man hardened by war and the many years of suffering he has endured on the battlefield since the tender age of 7. Meeting Agathi, a Healot slave, leaves him intrigued more than he would like to admit, with the secret yearning for freedom and a new life being an unspoken agreement between them.
With an oppressive social caste between them and two different mindsets, will a forbidden love begin to take root or is all lost for the hopeful Agathi?
Read 'The Spartan' to find out.
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