Ben Blake: 9 books

Troy still stands, and the Greek army threatens to revolt. But Odysseus has a plan, dreamed up with the storyteller Thersites. The scheme centres on the south gate of Troy – the Horse Gate.In Greece itself revolt has already torn the nations apart. The kings will return to more war, with...

A vast Greek fleet has gathered at Aulis, ready for the assault on Troy. But a prophecy says the first man ashore will die, and unease spreads among the soldiers. Across the sea Troy prepares to defend herself. Palisades have been built overlooking the beach, and neighbouring cities have promised...

The brethren were the finest warriors of their time, and they never died. When fortune turned against them they were laid into an enchanted sleep in a hidden cave, to wake again when the land was in peril. then they would go back to war, led by their captain Alar Redhand, his sword Hard Lightning...

The war for Sarténe has begun. In the city of Mayence the people prepare defences and wait for the All-Church army to come. Everything depends on Calesh Saissan and his friends, but the invading army is moving quickly, cutting the city off. In the confusion, an assassin has slipped into the city...

The fractious, bickering Greeks have a High King now. There are fewer wars. Men say the Age of Heroes ended when Theseus leapt into the sea.But far afield there are heroes still, not all of them Greek. Eastern islands have been conquered and settled, towns founded on strange shores in the west....

The Ashir thought they were alone in the world - until the strangers came. The invading Thrain have weapons of strange metal and ride beasts never seen before, and it is soon clear they have come to conquer. Anyone who opposes them is killed. The Ashir realise that their only hope lies with one man....

Calesh Saissan is a captain of the Hand of the Lord, a military Order fighting in Tura d’Madai. But he has no faith in the God he seems to serve. The purpose of the Hand is to distract attention, so the All-Church will not notice the heresy growing in its homeland of Sarténe. Now word has...

Thirty years of interviews that offer “a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world’s best practitioners of poetry and prose” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   Since 1981, the quarterly magazine Bomb has been the gold standard for artist-on-artist interviews,...

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...